[OSM-talk] GSoC End: signFinder

[Peter Körner]

Whooohoow this is so cool! Looks like a lot of Voodoo to me :)

As I saw from the samples It doesn't work well on blurred images, so it 
won't work with sth. like a helmet or a car camera, would it?

Peter


Tijs Zwinkels schrieb:
> 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