Introduce yourself!

Hi,

I am Harry, living in Skåne region in Sweden. I use Mapillary as an excuse to discover my homearea, taking small detours and trying all the (dirt)roads I can find.

I like maps and can spend a lot of time just looking at them, comparing with historical maps and more, and all the lines I draw on the mapillary map are a great stimulans to continue contributing.
I see Mapillary as the beginning of a fantastic historical document, so I’ll try to document som before/after sequences if I can.

Most of my photos are taken by car with a GoPRO, but I also experiment with normal compact cameras (with GPS) and orther travel modes (bike, boat, walking).

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Are you looking for any feedback on this in another thread? If so, just let us know.

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I am filip from Flanders. I am a compulsory connector and joyrider. I like to see the black spot grow on the map. On sundays I make little trips with my electric bike. I do temporary jobs and try the longest way to work. That explains my many pictures. I have always been a wanderer.
It is dissapointing that I have so many fuzzy and unconnected pictures with my Samsung S5. I have a Nikon All Weather camera, but that cannot replace the Android app. I also have a Garmin VIRB XE action camera which gives better pictures. I am capable of launching the python scripts. But my computer does not want to install python any more and those scripts are toO labour intensive anyway. I also have a big collection of mounts.
I am still a bad OSM mapper, but I have helped solving notes with my mly pictures. I am also into geo things as visualisation, GPS and 3D.

Hoi community

My name is Wolfgang - community-nick is Alferic

I live in the west of Austria.

I’ve read about Mapillary today and think it’s a great idea.

I installed the app at my iphone and made a little walk through my town this afternoon.
And the pictures are uploaded now and I can see them at the map.

Some questions

  1. my first question was: How long does it last, until uploaded photos are implemented. But I have still the answer as my pictures were in the map within in few minutes

  2. when I walk along the street, how should I do photos in a sequence?
    2a) how many distance should be between photo to photo?
    2b) should I do photos in several directions (e.g. each 90°) from one place
    2c) how long should a sequence be?

hi, welcome to the mapillary community,

The answer to most of your questions would be: “what ever you think is useful, feel free to be creative”

There is also a user guide and a FAQ. You can find lots of tips and suggestions there, have fun mapping.

Thanks @de_vries for providing great answers. I think you covered it all but I’ll try to add some flavours to it.

Warm welcome @Alferic! Happy to see you here.

  1. Yes, it typically only take minutes before you can see the photos on the map. It might take us a little longer to process them to nice transitions. It depends a bit on the load on the system.

2)a & c Take as many photos you like in a sequence. We try to emphasise to take at least around 50 if the street allows for it but if the street is shorter then there will be fewer photos. But general rule is always better with more than less photos. For capturing instructions pls check: http://www.mapillary.com/map/help?q=how-to-take-great-photos

2a, The app will automatically adjust this and take a photo every 4 sec when walking and 2 sec when driving.

2b, Yes, that is great. And you will find that information in our FAQ (same link as above) on the web.

Let us know if there is anything else!

Hello, my name is Arlindo, I’m from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I also map for OpenStreetMap, and you can see the pictures I take here: http://www.mapillary.com/profile/nighto

Cheers

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Hi, my name is Edil, I’m from Ribeirão Grande, São Paulo, Brazil. I love Mapillary and OpenStreetMap cause they represent my desire to share and register the world.
My profile is edilqueirozdearaujo, in the Mapillary and OpenStreetMap

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So, yesterday I got the XMount for my car, so I can now do more and longer sequences from whereever I go

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Hi My name is Pil here-aka Pia- Twitter @piapil.
I’m a granma so I’m probably one of the oldies :wink:
I’m currently residing in North Zealand- Denmark. Former activist , now retired to a degree.
I joined Mapillary about a month ago. I was led here being a follower of @neogegrafen who is a great inspiration. I plan to start off mapping my local area. I can see where it is not yet mapped. I also like to introduce Mapillary to my friends in other countries esp. the young ones as it is such a great project.
I do have beginner issues which I need to get resolved. I wonder if anyone here could please help me? Or should I ask in the Forum?
I am so excited to seriously get started.
Oh I’m pretty okay with most of the techie stuff. Actually worked on a computer back in the 80’ies!!
Wish me luck , please!
Pil

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Warm welcome @Pil! and happy to hear that you are excited about join Mapillary. We are too!

@soren_johannessen is for sure a true inspiration. We are very impressed by the work he is doing.

I would be happy to help you if you have any issues. If you send an email to support@mapillary.com I will make sure to get back to you. Also, if you want to do some reading you can find some help here: http://www.mapillary.com/map/help

Speak soon again!

Sandra

I am Iain Stuart and am an archaeologist based in Sydney, Australia. I specialise in historical and industrial archaeology and I once ran a maritime archaeology unit as well. I work mostly on the east coast of Australia but have worked on a few overseas projects.

One of the attractive things about my archaeological practice is my involvement in maps a lifelong interest ever since i made my first map at Scouts with a baseline and compass and tape. Now I have a a cm accurate GPS and ArcGIS is used every day.

I like the idea of Mapillery and am keen to learn more about it. In particular I am interested in using the mapped images to show people some of our interesting archaeological and historical sites. I can also see its potential for getting people to record what they see as important in their communities.

Iain

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Very Welcome lian! Let us know if there is anything we can do for you.

Wow, that’s a beautiful line! I really like it!
What exactly are you looking at/for when revisiting all the sequences? Thanks!

Hi, Levente, so, what keeps people going? The urge to share? But one cannot be sharing forever without having anything in return? (A sense of fulfillment counts)
I remembered back in the FourSquare days when tons of my friends “checked-in” to places every day, and I was there wondering: can this possibly last?
Thanks, Levente!

/Yan

I am known as JBTHEMILKER.
I was honored this week with being the high scorer here on Mappillary. (One point seven million pictures so far)
I wrote a lengthy introduction this morning only to be told I had reached my limit of input. So I’ll try again.
I come to Mapillary from the dead Panoramio/Google Earth side. I stayed with Panoramio/Google until the very last minute. I was uploading pictures as they pulled the plug.
I enjoy taking pictures of old barns, churches, cemeteries and other landmarks. I use this mapping app to get me out to new unmapped places where I might find a fun stone bridge or an abandoned steel bridge or maybe a cemetery that Google Maps has yet to chart. My general rule has always been to only take pictures of things older than I am.
I use the “explore” feature to find places I’ve not yet covered.
For work, if you can call it that, I am what is known as a “Yoder toder”. I haul the Amish when they want to go further than their horse and buggy will take them (about 9 miles one way)
This profession takes me to some of the prettiest countryside in the U.S. you will often see horse drawn buggies in my pictures.
I love to answer questions. I’ve had several jobs where answering questions was what I did all day.
So ask me. I’ll see if I can answer.

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I am Philippe, but filip is shorter.
On OSM my profile says :
“Belgium, between Antwerp and Brussels.
Interested in useful, easy and long lived things such as : drinking water fountains, toilets, bicycle parkings, life rings, 24/7 defibrillators, zebra crossings.”
I find it polite to present yourself on OSM.
On Mapillary my profile says:
“Compulsory connector.Interested in GPS.Uses Samsung S7, S5,Ricoh Theta S and seldom Nikon AW110 , Garmin VIRB XE. On OSM = philippec”

Here you see me discovering a drinking water fountain. This is no re-enactment:

My gear on the bicycle is:

  • Garmin Virb XE on a RAM mount and its remote control
  • Smartphone in an Otterbox Defender with a lanyard around my wrist
    with OSMAND showing the recorded track and the Mapillary sequences
  • An earpiece for navigation

I have tried all kinds of setups on the bike and in the car with my smartphone and action cam.
Now I am going for sharp pictures.

This is the setup on and in my car =

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““Now I am going for sharp pictures.””

We all need to try for this.
In the end that is what will be seen.

Although the moniker on my posts and the picture do not look like it, this is really JBTHEMILKER.
The terribly flawed and resistant sign in and lost (I didn’t loose it, they did!) Password function requires that each time THEY good up we are required to come back with a new identity.
If you’re thinking this is less than ideal, I agree with you whole hartedly.

Hey guys! I’m new here and would like to introduce myself. I’m KG and I’m from Germany. I discovered Mapillary recently on a Reddit discussion on openstreetmap so I checked it out and I like the idea a lot! Especially since Google’s Street View is only available in a few cities in my country. I love both seeing places I visited but also new spots around me. And I also want to contribute, so I’ve taken my phone and uploaded my first 12,000 images already! And now I’ve grabbed a 360 cam from some old Amazon gift cards I had laying around and took my first 360 photos now, too!

Here’s me on foot on a road that has been closed a couple of years ago because it’s been rebuilt as a bridge (which you see on some of the photos). Now the road that used to be highly used is just abandoned, and I love how the nature claims back its space inch by inch. Also brought some doggos for scale :stuck_out_tongue: .

Besides me walking around I’ve also took a lot images while driving.

Cameras I use for recording:

  • LG 360 Cam (for 360° images while walking)
  • iTracker GS6000-A7 (for capturing from the windshield while drving)
  • Galaxy S7 Edge (for various purposes, e.g. recording from the rear/side while driving, or when walking around without my 360 cam)
  • LG G6 (same purposes as the S7 Edge)
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