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The Container Ship That Can Carry 29B USD Worth of iPhones(travelstatsman.com)
3 points by panoramas4good 5y ago|0 comments
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The median age of planes in Skytrax 100 fleets is just 9 years(travelstatsman.com)
2 points by panoramas4good 5y ago|0 comments
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The UK's Entire Supply of Covid-19 Vaccines Could Fit into Two Fuel Tankers(travelstatsman.com)
3 points by panoramas4good 5y ago|0 comments
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by panoramas4good 6y ago
An "off-road" Google Street View. https://www.mapthepaths.com/ It started as a hobby project to showcase virtual tours of my own hikes and bike rides, but it has grown a fair bit since the start of the pandemic. F
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by panoramas4good 6y ago
I think lockdowns have driven a high-level of interest in this type of technology, which is why I was surprised to see TC being shutdown. We're trying to reproduce something similar on Map the Paths with guidebooks, a fusion of user co
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Show HN: Put your action camera photos and videos “on the map”(trekview.org)
2 points by panoramas4good 6y ago|0 comments
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Google Tour Builder will be shut down in July 2021(support.google.com)
3 points by panoramas4good 6y ago|4 comments
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by panoramas4good 6y ago
Amazing. I am ashamed to say, but I was somewhat ignorant to issues of accessibility, and not just for those in wheelchairs. A partially sighted friend asked me; "do you think I'd be able to walk that trail?" Despite it being
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Street View vs. StreetSide vs. Look Around vs. Mapillary(trekview.org)
1 points by panoramas4good 6y ago|0 comments
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Crowdsourcing safer bicycle lane design using computer vision(trekview.org)
2 points by panoramas4good 6y ago|0 comments
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by panoramas4good 6y ago
Thanks! Would love to hear more about your project. Sounds very cool. We're working on some computer vision problems (we plan to open-source soon). Perhaps there's an opportunity to collaborate? https://www.trekview.org
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by panoramas4good 6y ago
Correct. I would hazard a guess, after accounting for discounts (in 2012, there were 250 GSV cars on the road [1]), that the camera kit (inc. sensors) could easily cost > $50k. The list price of the the LIDAR scanner used is $8k alone (t
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by panoramas4good 6y ago
Thanks for the tip. I have update the post to include this info.
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by panoramas4good 6y ago
Author here. That was a typo. Should read Differential GPS. Now corrected. Thank you!
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Street View camera rigs do much more than just take photos(trekview.org)
189 points by panoramas4good 6y ago|150 comments
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A Brief History of Google's Street View Cameras(trekview.org)
4 points by panoramas4good 6y ago|0 comments
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The $6,500 Hotel Bed(travelstatsman.com)
3 points by panoramas4good 6y ago|0 comments
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by panoramas4good 7y ago
I previously worked in cyber security. Great job as a PM for a start up in the space. Great industry, for the most part. I loved the tech. But it just got boring. At the same time I was running an environmentally focused project on the sid
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by panoramas4good 7y ago
A data driven travel blog: https://travelstatsman.com/ If you've ever asked yourself questions like; "how many planes are in the sky at one time?", this blog is for you.
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Show HN: Virtual Adventures (Lessons) for Children(trekview.org)
1 points by panoramas4good 7y ago|0 comments
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by panoramas4good 7y ago
We've got 1000's of virtual tours of mountains / rivers / reefs / etc. in our library. Drop me an email if you do decide to expand the content ( https://www.trekview.org/contact )
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by panoramas4good 7y ago
Trek View | Computer Vision / Machine Learning Intern (S20) | London, UK | Full Time | REMOTE Trek View is a not-for-profit organisation using the power of street-level 360-degree imagery to save the planet. We are looking for someone
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by panoramas4good 7y ago
Yes -- please update. And thanks again for producing this great resource (from everyone here in my local community).
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by panoramas4good 7y ago
Ignore that, can see the submit link on PC. Note, the submit button does not render on mobile.
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by panoramas4good 7y ago
Great idea. Not sure if you're accepting suggestions? We are running educational virtual exploration lessons for children around the world (think guided tour of Everest, the Amazon rainforest, etc.). More here: https://www.t
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by panoramas4good 7y ago
We're working on virtual tours of the natural world at Trek View ( https://www.trekview.org ) to promote environmental education and conservation. Right now we're currently rushing to build free, open lesson plans for te
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Under self quarantine? Take a virtual walk(trekview.org)
3 points by panoramas4good 7y ago|0 comments
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by panoramas4good 7y ago
GSV is an amazing resource for tracking street level changes like this. Does anyone know of free resources to view historic satellite imagery of a location? Seems GMaps only shows most recent they've licensed.