Mapping while walking the dog?

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Hello!
So ive recently found myself becoming active updating OSM where i live, and i came across mapillary.
Im contemplating getting a 360 camera to map my town/surroundings as there is nothing here now.

I walk a lot, but Im worried that my dog would be too much “noise” in the pictures?
He would probably be present in just about all pictures tanken when walking. What is the communitys take on this?
Would that be acceptable or is it better to not waste the time/money? (i will need to buy camera + gear for mounting)

Feedback appreciated!

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I don’t think a dog obscures too much - I quite often run with my dog whilst capturing imagery and they are still very useful. I use such imagery fopr updating paths etc in OSM a lot.

I can’t find any examples of running with my dog and my 360 (GoPro max on DIY backpack overhead mount) but here are some using a GoPro Hero10 on a chest mount whilst running with my dog: Mapillary

Edit: Found some examples of running with my dog an capturing 360 degree images, see Mapillary

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