Mapillary(facebook) KartaView(was OpenStreetCam aquired by a taxi company)
On Tue, May 30, 2023, 4:43 PM Andrew Hain <andrewhain...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > Is there an imagery host that offers an OSM-friendly way to support > mapping and is suitable for contributions using a smartphone or tablet? > > -- > Andrew > ------------------------------ > *From:* Greg Troxel <g...@lexort.com> > *Sent:* 24 May 2023 13:31 > *To:* talk@openstreetmap.org <talk@openstreetmap.org> > *Subject:* [OSM-talk] mapilio? (street-level imagery) > > I just got spam from mapilio, implying that I was a "Mapilio > contributor". This was, to my memory, the first I had heard of them. > > > I have avoided most street-level imagery schemes as not being > structurally similar to OSM (open source tooling, community project and > licensing scheme). > > Looking briefly, it seems like a corporate thing with proprietary > tooling. They talk about an app in proprietary app stores but do not > mention F-Droid :-) The point seems to be to monetize crowdsourced > contributions, in a gamified/rewards-ish sort of way. > > I don't find a JOSM plugin that makes the imagery available in the way > that their web page implies it is licensed for OSM. > > Thus, my approach will be to not deal with them at all and just block > their mail. > > > I am curious if anyone > - thinks my assessment of the fundamentals is off > - thinks there is a reasonable way to use their imagery in JOSM > - anything else similar > > - has also been spammed (private replies please and I'll post a > followup if I get a bunch of comments) > > Greg > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk >
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