# Action cameras **URL:** https://forum.mapillary.com/c/contributing-and-equipment/action-cameras/60.md [Latest](https://forum.mapillary.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.mapillary.com/categories.md) --- ## [About the action cameras category](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/about-the-action-cameras-category/1058)
**Author:** [@Sandra](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/Sandra)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/about-the-action-cameras-category/1058 "2018-02-26T17:53:07Z")
Discuss action cameras and related workflows. --- ## [Borked westbound Garmin Virb image directions](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/borked-westbound-garmin-virb-image-directions/1531)
**Author:** [@Hjart](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/Hjart)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2026, 6:45am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/borked-westbound-garmin-virb-image-directions/1531 "2026-05-31T06:45:51Z")
I often use the JOSM Photogeotagging Plugin to check/correct sequences taken with my Garmin Virb elite. Doing so I have noticed that the directions of all images taken while moving east (1-180°) are calculated correctly… --- ## [GoPro Hero 12 external GPS track workflow](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/gopro-hero-12-external-gps-track-workflow/10024)
**Author:** [@mikelo](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/mikelo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/gopro-hero-12-external-gps-track-workflow/10024 "2026-01-07T09:32:58Z")
Hello, I used to upload GoPro Hero 10 videos as it had an internal GPS unit. It broke down and I upgraded to a Hero 12. The problem is this new camera doesn’t have an internal GPS. Anyway, I always record the track with… --- ## [DJI Osmo Action 6](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/dji-osmo-action-6/10126)
**Author:** [@GITNE](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/GITNE)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/dji-osmo-action-6/10126 "2025-12-30T16:49:11Z")
This new cool :smiling\_face\_with\_sunglasses: kid on the block boasts first dual fixed aperture support in its class! Unfortunately, the camera lacks a build‑in GPS receiver. Anyhow, imho in terms of image quality, it l… --- ## [Cheap ebay helmet camera](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/cheap-ebay-helmet-camera/10104)
**Author:** [@IraGersh](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/IraGersh)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/cheap-ebay-helmet-camera/10104 "2025-11-24T16:19:13Z")
I’ve got this no-name cheap ebay helmet camera for which I’ve ordered a 128gb micro SD. Its not 360 but 170 and I’d like to download to mapillary. Are guides to make it happen? I assume I’ll have to merge a gpx file wi… --- ## [Set the time lapse mode as default](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/set-the-time-lapse-mode-as-default/9912)
**Author:** [@filipc](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/filipc)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/set-the-time-lapse-mode-as-default/9912 "2025-08-28T13:32:19Z")
After all these years of experience it should not happen to me any more, but yesterday it happened again, twice even. After changing the battery the Gopro Hero was (left ?) in photo mode. To reecertain myself I regular… --- ## [Gopro Hero 13 en 15 characters](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/gopro-hero-13-en-15-characters/8395)
**Author:** [@filipc](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/filipc)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2025, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/gopro-hero-13-en-15-characters/8395 "2025-05-26T11:32:07Z")
I just received an advertisement. I suppose it is worthless. --- ## [GoPro 7 Black - Glitches in photo sequence](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/gopro-7-black-glitches-in-photo-sequence/9389)
**Author:** [@evillz](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/evillz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 11:22am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/gopro-7-black-glitches-in-photo-sequence/9389 "2025-03-19T11:22:31Z")
I uploaded my first sequence of around 200 photos, recorded with a GoPro Hero 7 Black and Photo Timelapse shot at 1 sec interval. Now, the sequence is still processing but when I go to view it I see a graphic glitch on t… --- ## [KartaCam reads promising!](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/kartacam-reads-promising/7343)
**Author:** [@GITNE](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/GITNE)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 1:51am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/kartacam-reads-promising/7343 "2023-08-30T01:51:26Z")
This Grab Tech’s blog post reads very promising. Actually, this :camera: is something that many people have been waiting for from Mapillary. Apparently, it takes people who are closer to that manufacturing and market c… --- ## [Exif Date Changer](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/exif-date-changer/6917)
**Author:** [@filipc](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/filipc)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/exif-date-changer/6917 "2025-02-23T22:37:40Z")
Yesterday I used my old Hero7 again. Contrary to the Hero11, it does not tell when it previously was stopped by lack of power. So I was back in the year 2016 again. I used Exifdatechanger but I seem not to know any mo… --- ## [Garmin Virb Ultra 30](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/garmin-virb-ultra-30/1493)
**Author:** [@kino](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/kino)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2024, 9:26am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/garmin-virb-ultra-30/1493 "2024-10-30T09:26:54Z")
Garmin Virb Ultra 30 looks interesting action cam for Mapillary use https://buy.garmin.com/en-GB/GB/p/522869 Does it work with Mapillary app? In Android or in iOs? However somebody reported in Garmin forums that the ca… --- ## [Video quality Gopro](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/video-quality-gopro/8023)
**Author:** [@filipc](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/filipc)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 12:51pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/video-quality-gopro/8023 "2024-05-14T12:51:20Z")
I have a Gopro Hero 11. I use Video, Standard, 5.3 K, 25 L+ I am not happy with the picture quality. What are the best settings ? --- ## [Capturing both with 360 and directional camera](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/capturing-both-with-360-and-directional-camera/7982)
**Author:** [@Richlv](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/Richlv)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/capturing-both-with-360-and-directional-camera/7982 "2024-04-28T20:06:05Z")
I was curious whether GoPro Max 360 offers resolution on par with Hero 11 - and if not, whether it would make any sense to run two cameras like that at the same time. A quick comparison shows that yes, it does make sens… --- ## [Video uploads containing inaccurate trajectories such as tunnels](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/video-uploads-containing-inaccurate-trajectories-such-as-tunnels/7771)
**Author:** [@Neo0717](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/Neo0717)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/video-uploads-containing-inaccurate-trajectories-such-as-tunnels/7771 "2024-01-30T16:29:41Z")
—Original Japanese text at the bottom— I did my first street photography yesterday. However, after uploading, I noticed that the trajectory where I passed through the tunnel was significantly different from its origina… --- ## [Tenere 700 in the Chestnut forrest at North Greece first video gopro 12](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/tenere-700-in-the-chestnut-forrest-at-north-greece-first-video-gopro-12/7640)
**Author:** [@mallllias](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/mallllias)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/tenere-700-in-the-chestnut-forrest-at-north-greece-first-video-gopro-12/7640 "2023-12-05T20:52:01Z")
My very first video with gopro 12 in the middle of a fairytale forest… A natural piste at the top from a mountain between the villages of Lefki and Elafochori in Kavala Greece… The place is simply incredible So here… --- ## [Lens correction for Xiaomi Yi](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/lens-correction-for-xiaomi-yi/1230)
**Author:** [@ray66](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/ray66)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/lens-correction-for-xiaomi-yi/1230 "2022-11-04T22:14:17Z")
I recently switched from capturing with a smartphone to a Xiaomi Yi action camera. After applying some hacks, in particular correction of lens focus, the quality of the photos is rather good except the fisheye effect of … --- ## [Warning ! No GNSS receiver in the GoPro Hero 12](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/warning-no-gnss-receiver-in-the-gopro-hero-12/7368)
**Author:** [@StephaneP](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/StephaneP)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2023, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/warning-no-gnss-receiver-in-the-gopro-hero-12/7368 "2023-09-15T13:09:58Z")
Just a big warning ! --- ## [Contributing to Mapillary with GoPro Hero 11](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/contributing-to-mapillary-with-gopro-hero-11/6396)
**Author:** [@filipc](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/filipc)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/contributing-to-mapillary-with-gopro-hero-11/6396 "2023-05-06T02:05:49Z")
--- ## [Does the GoPro Hero 3 work with the current App?](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/does-the-gopro-hero-3-work-with-the-current-app/6844)
**Author:** [@DarbyMark](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/DarbyMark)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/does-the-gopro-hero-3-work-with-the-current-app/6844 "2023-03-31T21:43:40Z")
Is anyone contributing succesfully with a GoPro Hero 3 and the current Mapillary app? I know it’s an old camera, but it’s what I have! It’s connecting OK to the Quik app on an iPhone. On the Mapillary app, it finds the… --- ## [GoPro Hero 5 Black - image sequence problems](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/gopro-hero-5-black-image-sequence-problems/6512)
**Author:** [@Gary42](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/Gary42)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/gopro-hero-5-black-image-sequence-problems/6512 "2022-11-06T17:37:14Z")
I reported the following to support: I recorded a few miles of images using a GoPro Hero 5 Black, recording as a timelapse photo sequence at 0.5 seconds between images (2 images/second). The resulting sequence (sequence… --- ## [Mapillary Camera Grant Program?](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/mapillary-camera-grant-program/6242)
**Author:** [@Eric\_S](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/Eric_S)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2022, 10:38am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/mapillary-camera-grant-program/6242 "2022-07-18T10:38:08Z")
Program is still dead? Like Car Mount one? --- ## [GoPro Hero 8, 9, 10 horizon levelling & software quality](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/gopro-hero-8-9-10-horizon-levelling-software-quality/5445)
**Author:** [@rubencarbonero](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/rubencarbonero)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/gopro-hero-8-9-10-horizon-levelling-software-quality/5445 "2021-10-13T16:53:48Z")
Hi dear all, I use two GoPro Hero 7 Black for capturing images, most commonly in picture sequence mode, while using the integrated GPS. The quality of the images from the Hero 7 Black is quite good, but the software is… --- ## [GoPro Hero 9 DOES have GPS in timelapse mode](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/gopro-hero-9-does-have-gps-in-timelapse-mode/4729)
**Author:** [@Thibaultmol](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/Thibaultmol)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/gopro-hero-9-does-have-gps-in-timelapse-mode/4729 "2021-03-29T21:59:59Z")
Just wanted to mention here (as gopro 7 doesn’t seem to have this): I noticed my gopro hero 9 does seem to save exif data to the images from the timelapse photo mode. --- ## [What are the Preferred Settings for GoPro 8 for Bicycle Ride](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/what-are-the-preferred-settings-for-gopro-8-for-bicycle-ride/4629)
**Author:** [@IanVG](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/IanVG)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/what-are-the-preferred-settings-for-gopro-8-for-bicycle-ride/4629 "2021-02-15T15:55:56Z")
Hi all, new mapillary user here from OSM. I recently rented a GoPro 8 and bought a bicycle mount to do some documentation of my city (Athens, Georgia) and I was wondering what the best settings would be for the best imag… --- ## [GoPro 8 Black and Mapillary App Connection Prolbem](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/gopro-8-black-and-mapillary-app-connection-prolbem/4637)
**Author:** [@IanVG](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/IanVG)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/gopro-8-black-and-mapillary-app-connection-prolbem/4637 "2021-02-15T13:26:26Z")
Saw that an older post from 2020 indicated someone was having problems connecting to the gopro 8 Black with the mapillary iOS app (iPhone 7 for me). I was able to connect via the gopro app. Is anyone else able to join v… --- ## [Hero 8 Compatibility with iPhone App](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/hero-8-compatibility-with-iphone-app/4126)
**Author:** [@Skjall](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/Skjall)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2021, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/hero-8-compatibility-with-iphone-app/4126 "2021-02-15T13:23:14Z")
Hi, Has anyone experience in connecting the Mapillary iPhone App to a GoPro Hero 8? I am establishing the wifi connection in the GoPro App, switch to Mapillary App and search for external Camera. But nothing is found. --- ## [Looking at GoPro Hero 7 / accuracy / workflow](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/looking-at-gopro-hero-7-accuracy-workflow/2207)
**Author:** [@leveskockaa](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/leveskockaa)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/looking-at-gopro-hero-7-accuracy-workflow/2207 "2020-10-26T19:28:48Z")
Hello everyone, I’ve been looking at the latest GoPro action cam as a solution to use with Mapillary. Does anybody have any experience with them? If yes, please tell me all about GPS and clock accuracy, because after l… --- ## [Garmin Virb Elite USB connection unreliable](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/garmin-virb-elite-usb-connection-unreliable/4339)
**Author:** [@smsm1](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/smsm1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/garmin-virb-elite-usb-connection-unreliable/4339 "2020-09-07T20:13:03Z")
I’ve had my Garmin Virb Elite for a few years now over the past few months the USB connection has become quite unreliable with charging and the USB mass storage only working for a matter or seconds or a few minutes. I’ve… --- ## [Warning on the Yi 4K!](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/warning-on-the-yi-4k/1849)
**Author:** [@StephaneP](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/StephaneP)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/warning-on-the-yi-4k/1849 "2019-01-26T22:00:30Z")
I’m testing the Yi 4K since a few months, and I noticed a big problem with the exif’s timestamp: Sometime, the datetimeoriginal tag is wrong. It seem’s this timestamp is computed at the writting time, not the capture ti… --- ## [Distance base by Action Camera](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/distance-base-by-action-camera/4079)
**Author:** [@bigbang001](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/bigbang001)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2020, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/distance-base-by-action-camera/4079 "2020-06-20T07:03:46Z")
Hi, I Just bought Garmin Virb XE to cover long roads when driving. Is there any solution to take photos distance base? [Next page](https://forum.mapillary.com/c/contributing-and-equipment/action-cameras/60.md?page=1)