Street-level images for POIs

[eneerhut]

It'd be fantastic to have the option to toggle Mapillary images in MAPS.ME apps.

There are a few ways this could work:

• Image layer similar to OSMAnd with an Mapillary JS viewer that allows people to navigate the images
• An image viewer that appears when you're looking at place listing. A nearby image would need to be detected and the correct compass angle identified. This would be similar to the MAPS.ME listing of POIs.
• The ability for a user to capture an image of a POI and upload directly to Mapillary

Ultimately this would make it easier for people to update POI information (issue #7974), but also give app users a better perspective on the places they're visiting.

Happy to connect with our team to discuss these options further.

[richlv]

this would be pretty awesome indeed. extra idea - allow users to rate images for how useful they are for the poi. for example, clear images of the location (day, night), clear images of opening hours would get higher ratings. blurry images, images that don't show the location actually (because compass data is wrong, for example) would get lower ratings. users would see the images sorted by rating.

not sure whether mapillary is interested in indoor images of locations. these would be hard to capture with gps in many cases, but perhaps attaching them to a poi can work in the ui some day...

[highbuilder]

Great idea! Hope this would be integrated soon.

[thany]

It sounds like a great idea, but Maps.me has been adding a increasingly number of online-only features to "Maps.me - Free offline world maps". So I think this is not a good idea, unless it means downloading packages of street-level images ahead of time, just like downloading maps. That way, Maps.me can keep calling itself as offline as it is today.

[FinixFighter]

It sounds like a great idea, but Maps.me has been adding a increasingly number of online-only features to "Maps.me - Free offline world maps". So I think this is not a good idea, unless it means downloading packages of street-level images ahead of time, just like downloading maps. That way, Maps.me can keep calling itself as offline as it is today.

Well, images could be available only if you are online, if you're offline they simply won't be available.

[thany]

It sounds like a great idea, but Maps.me has been adding a increasingly number of online-only features to "Maps.me - Free offline world maps". So I think this is not a good idea, unless it means downloading packages of street-level images ahead of time, just like downloading maps. That way, Maps.me can keep calling itself as offline as it is today.

Well, images could be available only if you are online, if you're offline they simply won't be available.

And where does that end? What other information on the map will be limited to online-only? Features like this open the door, so to speak, to move feature that are available offline, to become online-only. Maps.me is very good at creeping in features no one has asked for, and generally speaking, they do not respond to complaints at all. So I suspect this will happen, albeit not straight away.

But let's say online-only is a good idea, just for the sake or argument. Where are these images being downloaded from? How can the user's privacy be guaranteed while requesting these images? What limits exist on getting such images? Who will pay for hosting?

[FinixFighter]

But let's say online-only is a good idea, just for the sake or argument. Where are these images being downloaded from? How can the user's privacy be guaranteed while requesting these images? What limits exist on getting such images? Who will pay for hosting?

It would be possible to use images from Mapillary and Kartaview (ex OpenStreetCam) for example. If I remember well, images license is CC-BY for both Mapillary and Kartview, so they can be used by giving credit. No one has to pay for hosting, images are already hosted by Mapillary and Kartaview. There are other open source offline naviagtion apps which make use of Mapillary images.