OpenStreetMap
I’ve been using mapillary for a while now for a few different projects and thought I’d share some of my experiences of using it. Before I start, I’ve no affiliation with Mapillary, I’m just a fan of it!
What is Mapillary?
“Crowdsourced street level photos… Using simple tools like smartphones or action cameras anyone can collect photos that are combined into a street level photo view.” For the average user, this means a street view that we can use to edit OSM, with added functionality like auto-detection of road signs to help things.
Mapillary is a core function of the OpenStreetMap iD editor
Open an iD editor page and click on ‘Map Data’ from the right hand menu (Shortcut: F) and select Mapillary photo overlay. For mapathon usage, Mapillary will help show people what roads, buildings and features look like in a particular area and hopefully provide some context to the aerial images they are mapping from. Sure, you probably won’t be lucky enough to have photos exactly of the area you’re looking at, but you’ve gotta start somewhere!
How?
In all of my uses so far, I’ve used a Garmin Virb Elite to capture images and the manual uploader on mapillary’s website. There’s a blog on how to here. The easier way to do it (although my phone is too old and I can’t download it!) is to use the mapillary app which has loads of function in there to help create your street level photos. Take a photo(s) on your phone, upload it to Mapillary later on when you get some wifi.