[OSM-talk] GSoC End: signFinder

[Tijs Zwinkels]

Hey All,

As of yesterday, the Google Summer of Code has ended. With some appropriate
pride, I offer you signFinder: http://code.google.com/p/signfinder/ .
As part of the OpenStreetPhoto project, this program detects, segments, and
reads dutch street-signs. For high-quality pictures (and not too old
street-signs), performance is good.

The project is right now trained to read dutch street-signs, but as long as
they have a distinct color, there's no reason why it couldn't read foreign
street-signs. Read this:
http://code.google.com/p/signfinder/wiki/TrainingOtherCountries document on
how to adapt the signFinder to street-signs of other countries.

The end of the summer of code, doesn't mean that I'll stop working on this
project. There are still methods to explore, and performance to improve.
More importantly: I'm looking for practical applications for this software.
I'll be working with Stefan and others on an integration with the
OpenStreetView / OpenStreetPhoto project, but suggestions on an exact use
are welcome, as well as wholly unrelated ideas.

I just saw that a discussion going on about video in OpenStreetView. I
expect to have a video to play with soon, and will report if results are
reasonable.

- Tijs
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