[OSM-talk] mapilio? (street-level imagery)

[James]

Mapillary(facebook)

KartaView(was OpenStreetCam aquired by a taxi company)

On Tue, May 30, 2023, 4:43 PM Andrew Hain <andrewhainosm at hotmail.co.uk>
wrote:

> Is there an imagery host that offers an OSM-friendly way to support
> mapping and is suitable for contributions using a smartphone or tablet?
>
> --
> Andrew
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Greg Troxel <gdt at lexort.com>
> *Sent:* 24 May 2023 13:31
> *To:* talk at openstreetmap.org <talk at openstreetmap.org>
> *Subject:* [OSM-talk] mapilio? (street-level imagery)
>
> I just got spam from mapilio, implying that I was a "Mapilio
> contributor".  This was, to my memory, the first I had heard of them.
>
>
> I have avoided most street-level imagery schemes as not being
> structurally similar to OSM (open source tooling, community project and
> licensing scheme).
>
> Looking briefly, it seems like a corporate thing with proprietary
> tooling.  They talk about an app in proprietary app stores but do not
> mention F-Droid :-) The point seems to be to monetize crowdsourced
> contributions, in a gamified/rewards-ish sort of way.
>
> I don't find a JOSM plugin that makes the imagery available in the way
> that their web page implies it is licensed for OSM.
>
> Thus, my approach will be to not deal with them at all and just block
> their mail.
>
>
> I am curious if anyone
>   - thinks my assessment of the fundamentals is off
>   - thinks there is a reasonable way to use their imagery in JOSM
>   - anything else similar
>
>   - has also been spammed (private replies please and I'll post a
>     followup if I get a bunch of comments)
>
> Greg
>
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