Panoramax street-imagery plugin #20555
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Hello ! |
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Since MapComplete uses a panoramax instance, the number of tags is quickly increasing: https://taghistory.raifer.tech/?#***/panoramax/ Our instance is however not yet federated with panoramax.xyz (but should be soon) - which should be the main access point for OsmAnd. |
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To support Panoramax, two things are necessary:
Maybe these two tasks should be separated from each other as they don't have much in common. |
You need to make a query to panoramax.xyz, which will return the location of the HD and SD version to display, so a little bit more involved. However, there are relatively little use for this right now (<3K elements, for comparison: mapillary is > 350k), so I'd understand not supporting this at this point in time.
The server publishes a MVT-tile for this (but I don't use it in MapComplete) |
According to https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Panoramax#For_developers there is an even easier approach: just request |
MapCompelete just moved all of it's images that were hosted on imgur to panoramax. The usage therefore has jumped to 35k I think it's worth supporting is as the usage will just keep increasing. |
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let osmand's team to know if my idea #21656 is solution for you. |
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Now nearly at 50k tags and counting. I intend on helping to increase that myself. In my opinion, it is already extremely necessary to have Panoramax support as an alternative to Mapillary. If I want to add relevant images as tags for PoIs and have them actually show up in OsmAnd, currently the only option for that requires me to grant Meta an unlimited license to the pictures I took "for a period of ninety-nine (99) years". I don't work for Meta, nor do they contractually bind me in corporate-managed cloud-based indentured servitude. Ideally they should have to deal with a CC BY-SA license like everyone else would. Please add this. It will finally be the OSM community's answer to Google Maps having images for PoIs on mobile. Or at least, it would be the answer which lines up in-spirit with the ODbL. |
It is super comfortable to add pictures using MapComplete 👍
I think the same. Even if it sounds strange. Having photos in the maps is a killer feature and will bring a lot of benefit. Adding pictures easily and seeing them by default is important. I spend time into mapping playgrounds. But the object does not matter of course. It is all about the presentation. Have a look and decide what looks more interesting. Show screenshotvs Show screenshotvs Mobile screenshotMapComplete isn't a good Gmaps alternative by design I think, because you have to specify which things you want to see, edit or add. But OsmAnd, OrganicMaps or what else is out there will benefit a lot IMO. edit: It is the same with reviews btw. |
Describe the idea (required)
A plugin that shows street-imagery from https://panoramax.fr as a map layer, much like the existing Mapillary one. At minimum it would only have to show an overlay on the map with the recorded portions.
Tell us about the expected behaviour (required)
The plugin would ideally be similar to the Mapillary plugin, but even just an overlay that shows the already recorded streets would suffice. This would greatly help recording new imagery, as you could plan your routes directly on OsmAnd to cover all streets.
Tell us about alternatives you've considered (required)
Mapillary as a service is not preferable due to the acquisition by Facebook, which as a company has a nasty track record. The alternatives such as KartaView aren't viable options in the long-term either, because stalled development can essentially kill the service.
Panoramax is federated and ensures it's not controlled by a single entity, and has openly licensed imagery ready to be used by everyone.
Context (optional)
Panoramax was recently integrated into the iD editor: https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Juicio/diary/404174
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