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

[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
truth so we can update this in OSM.

Just having the street level imagery is very useful for validating edits
and mapping road features like surface, speed limits, restrictions, turn
lanes, lane counts, etc.

That said, having recent imagery is useful, so re-capturing existing areas
every few months is helpful.

Only uploading every 3 months when you have a good connection is okay, I'll
do the same, sometimes uploading imagery that's older than a few months
since I'll hold it for upload until I have access to a faster upload
connection.

On Tue, 7 May 2019 at 21:58, Bob Cameron <bob3bob3 at skymesh.com.au> wrote:

> I don't do much OSM editing, but being permanently on the road in
> Australia I take Mapillary images that are a useful information layer.
>
> I would like to get an idea about what routes and features are useful for
> OSM editors, so that in my travels I can provide the best data.
>
> - Up until December last year I only uploaded 1280x720 images. I am now
> doing 4K (3840x2160)
> - Since mobile data costs are high I upload roughly every 3 months in NE
> NSW over NBN. The daily take is around 10-20GB.
> - I do not traverse cities or large towns. I am mostly on country roads
> and in smaller towns
> - I am currently near St George Qld going towards Griffith then up to
> Armidale in late May. I then embark for WA through Broken Hill, do some
> circling on the Eyre Peninsula, across to Norseman WA and probably the SW.
> - I don't do off road, but gravel is okay.
> - My username is bob3bob3. If you wish to check some of my 4K images, look
> around Armidale NSW and the Snowy.
>
> Ideas please?
>
> Thanks, Bob
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