I’ve been collecting geo-referenced photos since I started contributing to OpenStreetMap. When I discovered Mapillary a few years ago, I decided to upload these photos so that other people can use them in their own mapping.

Street art in Marikina’s freedom wall

Here’s a few sequence I found interesting to revisit whenever I go to the Mapillary website (links to each sequence are included for viewing the high-res photos). They are categorized according to the mode of travel.

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University steps, Philippines - I used to work within a university campus, part of my daily commute is to carry my bike on a footway with ~90-steps. It’s always a challenge to do this every morning!

Bahubali monolith, Vindhyagiri Hill, India - When I moved to India, my colleagues would take me to temples outside of Bangalore. Here’s the interior of the Jain temple of Bahubali above a hill in Shravanabelagola in Hassan. Temples in India only allows walking on foot starting from the climb up the hill and into the complex.

Bohol, Philippines - A casual walk around an island with white sand beach.

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Marikina River Park, Philippines - Cycling is my preferred mode of travel. On weekends, I usually take my kids to the nearby riverside park for casual cycling. Mounting the camera allows me to do surveying too!

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Venice Grand Canal, Italy - Travelling Venice is only possible by boat, what a great way to experience photo mapping through the Grand Canal!

Mangrove forest, Philippines - While doing a university research for monitoring recovery of mangrove forest, the only way to survey is by air or through the muddy substrate. This time I opted to use a kayak.

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Mindanao refugee camp, Philippines - When the Mamasapano clash happened. A lot of civilian were displaced in the surrounding towns due to the military operations. I worked with the regional response agency in mapping and documenting the IDP camps around the region. In most cases, it is the first time these informal camps were documented in a digital map.

TY Haiyan affected communities, Philippines - In the aftermath of the Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda, there is an urgency to map and document the damage for the post-recovery efforts. I visited a lot of these areas as part of my work. My camera took continuous shots for most of the trip.

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Who knows? I plan to continue collecting and sharing photos in Mapillary, maybe with other mode of transport. 😛

Do you want to know more about collecting street-level photos? We have an exciting session about that in the inaugural Pista ng Mapa in Dumaguete on Aug 1-3. Come join us and you might get nice schwags from Mapillary!