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I upload street view pictures to Mapillary, which again can be used to automatically infer info into OSM (like signs etc) But I feel very few OSM mapping apps
by matsemann 3mo ago
I upload street view pictures to Mapillary, which again can be used to automatically infer info into OSM (like signs etc)
But I feel very few OSM mapping apps use street view / have it as a feature. But for me it's the main feature I use Google Maps for. Like checking road conditions or finding nice places to camp when bikepacking. Which is why I also upload my stuff to Google (cars can't access most of these areas), but I'd prefer open alternatives.
- jacobajit 3mo agoThis is a big underutilized dataset for mapping features, eg. parking restrictions on a given street or building entrances. With something like Gemini Flash, it's cheap to systematically extract map features from that imagery. Surprised that even Google doesn't extract much useful street view information into their maps.
- jraph 3mo agoCheck out panoramax if you don't know about it already. https://panoramax.fr/ https://panoramax.fr/
- matsemann 3mo agoThanks! Did look at it a while back, and currently no instance where I can provide my street views, unfortunately. Hopefully more instances will come soon. And also hope that more mapping apps will use this data, it's a chicken&egg problem I guess.