Black-white background layer on main map?

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When browsing the main map on http://www.mapillary.com/map via my PC, I can choose between three vector based layers: Mapzen, Mapbox and Esri.

All three have in comon, that each map style is coloured.

Often I had the wish to explore the mapillary tracks on that map as green lines, but on a black-white / monochrome map,
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So is it technicallly possible to add a black-white background layer?

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I second this and want to add I’d also like to have the map as fullscreen with GPS update every x seconds. So it would be possible to use it in the road as a mapradar to find uncaptured roads nearby.

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Didn’t want to wait for the dudes in sweden :wink:
Here we go: http://r.geo.hu-berlin.de/~moenkemt/mapillary/mapradar.html

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Great job! Thanks @moenk! A common Estonian proverb would suit here perfectly now, roughly translates into “done it yourself, done it well”. :wink:
Hopefully @xerst finds it useful, too.

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of course I appreciate the efforts from Moenk! Nice Job!

But will there be a hint now on mapillary.org that users can go to moenk’s website example???

Are there any efforts that a monochrome layer is included on mapillary original map?

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Fantastic @moenk! So simple, yet so helpful.

Would you mind putting the code on something like GitHub, so that others can contribute?

There is a few small things I would like to see:

  • Add a manifest.json so that it can be installed as a “proper” web app on mobile phones.
  • Lighter background map. The current one shows the tracks very nicely, but makes it hard to recognize the streets (especially outdoors).
  • Labels layer on top of the tracks, so that street names can be read on streets that are covered in many tracks.
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Nice to hear you like it! It is on GitHub anyway: mapillary-code/mapradar.html at master · moenk/mapillary-code · GitHub
Just download the source, change the used TMS to whatever you prefer and upload it to a webspace of your choice. Maybe this is a good choice: maps.stamen.com - the code for the layer is right there for copy and paste.
Good idea with the web app, I will put it on my todo liste.
Edit: All done.

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@moenk, do you have a solution for how to get the geolocation working again without a secure site?

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As I don’t have access to the webserver of the university any more, I put the code here: https://geoclub.de/mapillary/mapradar.html - maybe this already solves the problem?

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