[Talk-GB] OpenStreetCam or Mapillary?

[Neil Matthews]

I've tried Mapillary -- not tried OpenStreetCam yet.

Comments mostly relate to the Mapillary Android app:

  * Mapillary App drove me nuts until I worked out how to take photos
    individually when walking, rather than as a continuous sequence -
    more car oriented?
  * Seems to be moderately "fussy" about getting a GPS lock.
  * Takes a long while to upload images over WiFi.
  * Images are removed after loading on WiFi - so can't keep a backup,
    e.g. to upload to a second site.
  * Battery life may be impacted severely.
  * Mapillary has a JOSM plugin.

Personally, I think something like running OSM tracker (or a real GPS)
and/or using naive Android photo GPS tagging might be good.
Find a good scripting mechanism to upload - without using the App?
Upload to either Mapillary / OpenStreetCam / both?
Maybe a battery pack?

There's also a thought that you might even want to pick the least
well-used site -- so that it's easier to find "your own" pictures -- you
may find a lot of less relevant shots on popular roads from others
(motorists).
It may be worth seeing how easy it is to filter them by user or
time/date on each site.

Neil

On 21/09/2017 19:09, Brian Prangle wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
> I'm in discussions with Transport for West Midlands to use their
> inspection teams'  time on the street to assist us by taking photos
> with smartphones, which will also help them with their asset
> management and not have to rely on outdated data from Google StreetView.
>
> Which one of the above is better for us? Or just plain better?
>
> Regards
>
> Brian
>
>
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