[OSM-newbies] Streetview / OSM Integration

[Tac Tacelosky]

Thanks, Andrew.  Yes, your thinking is exactly right -- this can be used
like a high-powered, multi-media GPX file.

One issue, though, is that the camera is very expensive (around $17,000).
 I've been driving around the DC area, and have collected about 15,000
images so far.  We're still figuring out how to manage them, even at that
relatively low number, processing them and uploading them to Amazon's s3
can be very time-consuming.

I'm hoping to connect with some of the map editors to talk about
integration, toying with coming out to San Francisco for the conference to
make some in-person connections.

Tac



On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Andrew Salzberg
<andrew.salzberg at gmail.com>wrote:

> As a mostly newbie myself, I have been following this conversation
> passively but just had a chance to look at your tool and I think it has the
> potential to be pretty amazing (has anyone tried something similar
> previously? forgive my ignorance)
>
> Obviously there's been huge growth (despite challenges and some opposition
> for valid reasons, in certain cases) in map editing based on aerial imagery
> - with the iD editor only the most prominent recent example. What's missing
> from aerial is all the detail you're trying to collect - addresses, street
> features, building heights, etc etc which have required on the ground
> mapping.
>
> But now - with your "DIY google streetview"  - we could have a way to
> start having folks adding these features without necessarily walking around
> mapping themselves. Am I right that volunteers might be able to strap a
> similar camera to the roof of a car (or bike, etc), drive around town,
> upload the photos, and then have others (if not themselves) use these
> tracks to update the map? (in a manner basically similar to the way GPX
> traces have been used in the past)?
>
> If so - sign me up. I'd be curious what type of camera you're using (how
> expensive, etc) and if you've thought about how others might upload
> imagery, how a standard license for the imagery might be worked out for new
> contributors, etc.
>
> Anyway - looking at your tool got me excited for the possibilities.
> congrats on the work so far.
>
> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 2:02 PM, Tac Tacelosky <tacman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Here's a link to our current Streetview tool, showing an area where
>> there's very little OSM data:
>>
>>
>> http://www.customstreetview.com/route/public/12#heading=55.14876886478911&pano=130428151423&pitch=-2.9371867297722107&zoom=0
>>
>> You can see that we were experimenting with a "Quick Add" feature beneath
>> the image, the idea was set the zoom, pitch and heading, center an object,
>> then quickly identify it -- "stop sign", "bike rack", "sidewalk cutout" or
>> a very simple form "shop: nail salon", "restaurant, name=Al's Pizza", etc.
>>
>> But at the moment that part is getting complicated, so I simply have a
>> link to OSM in the lower left.
>>
>> Feedback welcome.
>>
>> Tac
>>
>> PS Will add the ODbL license text for the images shortly!
>>
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