[Talk-us-massachusetts] openstreetcam.org

[Jason Remillard]

Hi Marc,

The program is being run by Telenav, my guess is that they are mostly
interested in capturing road signs for navigation, rather than POI's.

Jason

On Fri, Jun 8, 2018 at 8:22 AM, Marc Sevigny <marc.sevigny at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was enthusiastic after reading that there could be data similar to
> Google Streetview on OSM.  When I read about the dash cam, I immediately
> questioned the usability.  Not capturing the side views renders the images
> not very useful.  I just picked a random place where openstreetcam is
> available (in Manhattan) and sure enough, you can see the limitations.  You
> cannot see any details of the street scape (can you name a single business
> or see the buildings?) only the roadway.  If the camera is not positioned
> right, the data is not helpful at all.  The dirt on the windshield
> interferes with the imagery.  Night time capture should be rejected.
>
> http://openstreetcam.org/details/1135367/347/track-info
>
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