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This is very cool. Would it theoretically be possible to "open source" a Google Streetview type of thing by getting "mappers" to contribute their walks around t
by graderjs 4y ago
This is very cool. Would it theoretically be possible to "open source" a Google Streetview type of thing by getting "mappers" to contribute their walks around the city, with some app taking photos / lidar? In a similar way that distributed projects like SETI split the work among lots of machines (that maybe not the best analogy~~ha!)?
- jakecopp 4y agoSimilar alternatives exist - see Mapillary [1] (owned by Meta now, but they support OpenStreetMap and allow usage for that [2]) or KartaView [3] (owned by Grab). I'm not aware of an OSM/open place to store/contribute pointclouds though - please let me know if you come across one! [1]: https://mapillary.com https://mapillary.com [2]: https://www.mapillary.com/osm https://www.mapillary.com/osm [3]: https://kartaview.org/ https://kartaview.org/
- graderjs 4y agoOh I was just asking a throwaway improvising question, I'm not going to come across one or look for it! But cool project. Anyone everyone else tho.. haha! :) ;p