[OSM-talk] Google StreetView From Bikes

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2009/7/30 OJ W <ojwlists at googlemail.com>:
> their kit looks quite bulky.  I've got just one videocamera (and no
> LIDAR) fitted, and it all mounts on handlebars with room to spare for
> other stuff.
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Georeference_video
>
> Maybe the big tricycle is needed to lift the cameras up above the traffic?

I guess they are recording in higher resolutions. The problem with
webcams is, that you can't read the signs (e.g. one of your photos:
http://dev.openstreetmap.org/~ojw/StreetPhotos/frames/001500.jpg
it's even unpossible to read the number plate of the motorbike in the
foreground).

cheers,
Martin