Great finds, Rob, thanks. We've been toying with what would be necessary to have leaflet delivery streetview tiles to create a panoramic image. Gut feeling is that there's probably a way to do it.
Most other alternative are in Flash, e.g. KRPano. Here's a streetview from DIY in KRPano: http://www.diy-streetview.com/krpano-player-database/ I haven't gotten consistent results with the HTML5 version, but I think that's because my laptop doesn't have the right graphics card. Tac On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Rob Nickerson <[email protected]>wrote: > Looking at Google's T&C's I would imagine the following is an issue: > > 2. Restrictions on Use. > (g) use the Products to create a database of places or other local > listings information. > > I would not worry too much though. As noted, this seems to be a great idea > and I would hope that someone will be able to help you develop an alternate > display software if they agree it is needed. > > I don't think you need to licence the images as ODbL (in fact I think this > would be incorrect for images), but some content licence that allows use > for "tracing" in OSM would be helpful. Again ask on the dev list. > > If you are struggling to work out the co-ordinates of the amenity, then > you may find some ideas in section 3 of this article on Traffic Sign > Recognition (item 2 in the google result) > > > https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Traffic+Sign+Recognition+and+Localization+for+Databases+of+Traffic+Signs+Emil+Kr%C5%A1%C3%A1k+%C5%A0tefan+Toth > > Traffic Sign Recognition and Localization for Databases of Traffic Signs > Emil Kršák Štefan Toth > > Although the software seems to be closed source, there is a video of it in > action ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywyOWLXR01c ) and the paper > provides the position calculations. :-) > > Regards, > Rob > > > > > On 14 May 2013 18:42, Tac Tacelosky <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I've applied to the -dev list early this morning, not sure if I've been >> accepted yet, haven't seen any traffic from it, will post an introductory >> message when I am sure I'm on it. >> >> Yes, "editor" is a much better term than "bot". I'm making calls to the >> API to get the current list of objects, and am just about to make calls to >> create a new changeset. >> >> But better really would be to figure out a way to integrate streetviews >> with a map editor, rather than the reverse. For now, I'm simply adding a >> "Edit on OSM" link, though if there were a way to initiate a new node from >> the querystring then things would be much, much easier. That's something >> I'll ask on the -dev list. >> >> As far as using the Google Player goes, my reading of it is that it's >> permissible to use the Google Streetview Player to view non-Google images >> and follow their terms of use. Just like I can use Internet Explorer to >> view a webpage and be subject to that webpage's rules. However, we can't >> remove the link to Google, which will show the Google Streetview of that >> same lat/long. And copying data from that image would not be permitted. >> >> Tac >> >> >> >> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Rob Nickerson <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> The diy-streetview idea sounds great. For those people (like me) who >>> missed the first few emails, you can view the thread at [1]. >>> >>> It seems to me that you want to create a tool for OSM contributors to >>> view these diy-streetview images and then be able to tag amenities that >>> then get added to the OSM database. As this requires manual intervention, I >>> wouldn't call it a "bot" (this will just get people worked up). It would be >>> either a plug-in for an existing editor, or a new map editor. Either way, >>> the best place for this is the dev mailing list [2]. I'm always surprised >>> at the level of content that is on the "newbie" list - often it's more >>> complex than the "talk" mailing list!! >>> >>> A couple of initial ideas come to mind: >>> >>> 1. Using Google viewer to show your DIY images for the intention of >>> editing OSM may be against Googles Terms and Conditions (you would need to >>> check), but the other issue is that it has Google's logo in the bottom >>> corner - we don't want contributors thinking that they can copy data from >>> Google Maps! >>> >>> 2. You would need to ensure that you are not duplicatiing data. Any >>> editor would have to download existing OSM data to see if the amenity is >>> already tagged. >>> >>> Good luck, >>> Rob >>> >>> [1] http://web.archiveorange.com/archive/v/LJOxH4xhoL56q7LJhmyI >>> [2] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev >>> >> >> >
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