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I don't understand their headlines either. They just raised $8M Series A on March, 2016 [1], and their business modell is basically about trying to serve you t

I don't understand their headlines either. They just raised $8M Series A on March, 2016 [1], and their business modell is basically about trying to serve you those crowdsourced photos made by volunteeers. Like $249 / month if you are trying to use those images in your map [2]. There is nothing wrong with that, but I believe it's the opposite of "available for all" and "open repository of photos", as you've quoted as well. [1] https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mapillary#/entity https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mapillary#/entity [2] https://www.mapillary.com/solutions https://www.mapillary.com/solutions

paulrosenzweig 10y ago
The photos are CC licensed. I think they plan to own the algorithms on top extracting value from the photos. But, I totally agree that there should be simple DB download.
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- cooper12 10y ago
  The strange part is that while their legal page confirms the CC license [0], the homepage specifically says "All photos are free for personal, NGO, and educational use." which doesn't imply the same freedoms. Sounds like to me that they're not being completetly honest about the license. [0]: https://www.mapillary.com/legal https://www.mapillary.com/legal