Re: [talk-au] What data is useful - request for ideas

2019-05-07 Thread Bob Cameron
Hi Phil My old 1280x720 was setup for a rear quarter view for traffic sign capture. I was advised that the angle and shutter raster delay (slant) made detection problematic so I don't upload. I will however give it a try at 90 degrees. It's a USB webcam On 8/5/19 9:44 am, Phil Wyatt wrote:

Re: [talk-au] What data is useful - request for ideas

2019-05-07 Thread Bob Cameron
Thanks Andrew I capture at 2fps with a BlackVue (via 30fps mp4). That was unfortunately a hard choice to do with the cost of the Internet connection. 5fps would have been nicer. Road name signs are then problematic not only from the framerate perspective, but that compression artefacts glug

Re: [talk-au] What data is useful - request for ideas

2019-05-07 Thread Sam Wilson
On 5/8/19 7:44 AM, Phil Wyatt wrote: One thing that is useful in small towns is a cruise around the main and back streets with a camera at 90 degrees (I shoot over the road from the drivers side) to capture shop fronts etc. This can be useful for business points - the local butcher, hardware

Re: [talk-au] What data is useful - request for ideas

2019-05-07 Thread David Dean
Hi Bob, You're doing some great work with collecting imagery data with Mapillary. We really appreciate that sort of data available for armchair mapping. I'd love to meet up for a coffee when you are back up in Armidale, and talk about your data collection process. I've been meaning to try and

Re: [talk-au] What data is useful - request for ideas

2019-05-07 Thread Andrew Harvey
The higher resolution images and more frequent capture when at highway speeds are very helpful for making sure street name signs get captured and are readable, often I see reports from downstream users about a street name being wrong in OSM, so having this in Mapillary helps provide some ground

Re: [talk-au] User Diaries Spam

2019-05-07 Thread Andy Townsend
On 07/05/2019 10:38, Simon Poole wrote: ... (and the admins need to be available). That's the key bit, I think, and that's likely to be when the admins are awake (i.e. some hours after the people on this list are). Beyond that (at the risk of stating the bleeding obvious), maybe try

Re: [talk-au] User Diaries Spam

2019-05-07 Thread Simon Poole
Am 07.05.2019 um 10:51 schrieb Sebastian S.: > Simon, > I know about the reporting option, have reported some myself. > However as outlined on this diary entry > https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/alexkemp/diary/172800 > there have been thousands in the last couple of days. > Manually responding

Re: [talk-au] User Diaries Spam

2019-05-07 Thread Sebastian S.
Simon, I know about the reporting option, have reported some myself. However as outlined on this diary entry https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/alexkemp/diary/172800 there have been thousands in the last couple of days. Manually responding to so many, likely automatically generated, post seems a