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One thing missing on osm is pictures. Would defeats Google maps if it had some, where users would feedback and bad shots would get wiped to save space. We would

by hirako2000 3mo ago

One thing missing on osm is pictures. Would defeats Google maps if it had some, where users would feedback and bad shots would get wiped to save space. We would get the best shots the world has to offer.

edent 3mo ago
OSM does have a pictures layer. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Panoramax https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Panoramax I use https://mapcomplete.org/ https://mapcomplete.org/ to add images of artworks to OSM objects.
- lapetitejort 3mo ago
  I had been using mapcomplete to add images of artwork, which in turn used panoramax. However I saw someone else use Wikimedia Commons, and to me that makes more sense. Wikimedia ties into more systems, so if you wanted to create a Wikipedia page about an artist, there will be readily available images to use. On the flip side, panoramax can be used as an open source StreetView. Different sites for different purposes I suppose
  - ygra 3mo ago
    Wikimedia Commons also requires more up-front work by the uploader to categorize the image properly, which can be daunting if you're new to how things are organized there. But yeah, for well-known objects, adding Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons links can be awesome and there are plenty of apps making use of it to show additional information.
- matsemann 3mo ago
  Panoramax is still unfortunately very lacking outside a French instance. I've tried to contribute my street view images, but it's not used by anyone or anything as far as I can see.
jllyhill 3mo ago
There are ways to add pictures as the tags of the OSM objects - https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:wikimedia_commons https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:wikimedia_commons - https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:panoramax https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:panoramax - https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:mapillary https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:mapillary Mobile apps can use this data to either give links to them (e.g. CoMaps) or display them in the app (e.g. OsmAnd)
maelito 3mo ago
In the app I'm developing, cartes.app, we acknowledged this lack of pictures. We show local Wikimedia common pictures, osm tag pictures, og:image pictures of the website if any, Wikipedia article infobox pictures, Panoramax for street-view, and last but not least, any picture dropped by an ATproto place review. Lots remain to be done, especially building the latter community of reviews.
Krasnol 3mo ago
There is: https://api.panoramax.xyz/en/index?focus=map&map=1.24/0/-0.6&speed=250&users=default https://api.panoramax.xyz/en/index?focus=map&map=1.24/0/-0.6... and: https://www.mapillary.com/ https://www.mapillary.com/

edent 3mo ago

OSM does have a pictures layer. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Panoramax https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Panoramax I use https://mapcomplete.org/ https://mapcomplete.org/ to add images of artworks to OSM objects.

lapetitejort 3mo ago
I had been using mapcomplete to add images of artwork, which in turn used panoramax. However I saw someone else use Wikimedia Commons, and to me that makes more sense. Wikimedia ties into more systems, so if you wanted to create a Wikipedia page about an artist, there will be readily available images to use. On the flip side, panoramax can be used as an open source StreetView. Different sites for different purposes I suppose
- ygra 3mo ago
  Wikimedia Commons also requires more up-front work by the uploader to categorize the image properly, which can be daunting if you're new to how things are organized there. But yeah, for well-known objects, adding Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons links can be awesome and there are plenty of apps making use of it to show additional information.
matsemann 3mo ago
Panoramax is still unfortunately very lacking outside a French instance. I've tried to contribute my street view images, but it's not used by anyone or anything as far as I can see.

jllyhill 3mo ago

There are ways to add pictures as the tags of the OSM objects - https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:wikimedia_commons https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:wikimedia_commons - https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:panoramax https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:panoramax - https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:mapillary https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:mapillary Mobile apps can use this data to either give links to them (e.g. CoMaps) or display them in the app (e.g. OsmAnd)

maelito 3mo ago

In the app I'm developing, cartes.app, we acknowledged this lack of pictures. We show local Wikimedia common pictures, osm tag pictures, og:image pictures of the website if any, Wikipedia article infobox pictures, Panoramax for street-view, and last but not least, any picture dropped by an ATproto place review. Lots remain to be done, especially building the latter community of reviews.

Krasnol 3mo ago

There is: https://api.panoramax.xyz/en/index?focus=map&map=1.24/0/-0.6&speed=250&users=default https://api.panoramax.xyz/en/index?focus=map&map=1.24/0/-0.6... and: https://www.mapillary.com/ https://www.mapillary.com/