Re: [talk-au] Announcing: OpenStreetCam competition

[Martijn van Exel]

Hi everyone, 

The OpenStreetCam competitions in Australia and New Zealand are now concluded!
Thank you all who participated! We will announce the winners next week. I need 
to collect and verify the data.

No reason to stop collecting images! They help tremendously with mapping OSM. 
As a matter of fact, I created a quick screen-cast to show you how I use OSC 
detections and images for mapping. Every time I do this I can’t help but think 
of Clarke’s third law — any sufficiently advanced technology is 
indistinguishable from magic. Here’s the link to the video —> 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/406zllf3qrxpcop/openstreetcam-speed-limit-australia.mp4?dl=0
 

 and since Dropbox is definitely not magic, let me know if you can’t see this. 
Please let me know your feedback on working with OSC in JOSM.

Also — we have our first couple of Waylens Horizon cameras[1] on the way to 
you. If you’re interested in capturing with these advanced cameras, let me 
know. We plan to get more of them in your hands either through a lending 
program or a follow-up OSC competition. 

Martijn

[1] Read a bit more about these cameras on the OSM US blog: 
https://www.openstreetmap.us/2018/05/camera-lending-program/ 
 

> On Jan 24, 2019, at 3:47 PM, Martijn van Exel  wrote:
> 
> Hi all!
> 
> Let me give you a status update on the OpenStreetCam competition. We have 
> about a week to go before the $100 prize and two $25 prizes will be awarded 
> to the most prolific OpenStreetCammers. If you have the app, you can pull up 
> the leaderboard and get some idea of where you stand.
> 
> The community had collected 144,000 images in Australia before December 1, 
> when the competition started. Since then, you collected 191,000 more, 
> comfortably doubling coverage in Australia. Wonderful! The last few days saw 
> a particularly nice trend upwards.
> 
> Also, a word on Waylens dashboard cameras. Telenav had customized cameras 
> made that capture and upload OpenStreetCam imagery automatically. OSM US has 
> around 20 that they lend to their members. A blog post[1] explains in a bit 
> more detail what these cameras are. We have some to give out. I would prefer 
> to give them to one or more local communities who want to make an effort to 
> capture their entire city or area. If you’re interested, please get in touch 
> with me off-list.
> 
> Happy mapping,
> Martijn
> 
> [1] https://www.openstreetmap.us/2018/05/camera-lending-program/ 
> 
> 
>> On Jan 18, 2019, at 2:26 PM, Martijn van Exel > > wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all, 
>> 
>> I am not sure if user robbie-blogs is reading on this list -- if you are, 
>> please get in touch to get your gift card.
>> 
>> For all others, the competition is still ongoing and you have until Jan 31 
>> to make your way into the top 3 contributors over the months of December 
>> 2018 and January 2019 and win a $25 or $100 gift card.
>> 
>> Some stats so far: we started at 126 752 images in Australia on Dec 1, now 
>> we are at 330 648 covering 8882 km of which 6293 unique.
>> 
>> Happy mapping / capturing :)
>> --
>>   Martijn van Exel
>>   m...@rtijn.org 
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Jan 8, 2019, at 16:40, Martijn van Exel wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> We have the results for the most prolific OpenStreetCam contributors for 
>>> Australia for the period Dec 1 - Dec 24:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> #1 ---> robbie-bloggs with 127971 points
>>> #2 ---> steve91 with 65470 points
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Congratulations to you both, you have just won yourselves an $25 Amazon 
>>> gift card! Please get in touch with me so I can arrange (virtual) delivery.
>>> 
>>> It's not over yet though. This was just the holiday mid point of the 
>>> competition. At the end of January there will be three more prizes ($100 / 
>>> $25 / $25) for the overall top contributors for the months of December and 
>>> January.
>>> 
>>> If you haven't started capturing yet, no worries. New, not yet covered 
>>> roads get you 10x points. That adds up pretty quickly. For example, this 
>>> 20km trip is worth more than 6000 points: 
>>> https://openstreetcam.org/details/1318295/0/track-info 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> --
>>>   Martijn van Exel
>>>   m...@rtijn.org 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Dec 12, 2018, at 12:33, Martijn van Exel wrote:
 Folks,
 
 We added an additional holiday prize for the 2 mappers who collect the 
 most imagery before Christmas.
 Details added on the competition page! You need 25k points minimum to be 
 eligible for this prize, but since coverage is very low in Australia,  you 
 collect points very quickly.
 
 Let me know if you have any 

Re: [talk-au] Announcing: OpenStreetCam competition

[Martijn van Exel]

Hi all!

Let me give you a status update on the OpenStreetCam competition. We have about 
a week to go before the $100 prize and two $25 prizes will be awarded to the 
most prolific OpenStreetCammers. If you have the app, you can pull up the 
leaderboard and get some idea of where you stand.

The community had collected 144,000 images in Australia before December 1, when 
the competition started. Since then, you collected 191,000 more, comfortably 
doubling coverage in Australia. Wonderful! The last few days saw a particularly 
nice trend upwards.

Also, a word on Waylens dashboard cameras. Telenav had customized cameras made 
that capture and upload OpenStreetCam imagery automatically. OSM US has around 
20 that they lend to their members. A blog post[1] explains in a bit more 
detail what these cameras are. We have some to give out. I would prefer to give 
them to one or more local communities who want to make an effort to capture 
their entire city or area. If you’re interested, please get in touch with me 
off-list.

Happy mapping,
Martijn

[1] https://www.openstreetmap.us/2018/05/camera-lending-program/

> On Jan 18, 2019, at 2:26 PM, Martijn van Exel  wrote:
> 
> Hi all, 
> 
> I am not sure if user robbie-blogs is reading on this list -- if you are, 
> please get in touch to get your gift card.
> 
> For all others, the competition is still ongoing and you have until Jan 31 to 
> make your way into the top 3 contributors over the months of December 2018 
> and January 2019 and win a $25 or $100 gift card.
> 
> Some stats so far: we started at 126 752 images in Australia on Dec 1, now we 
> are at 330 648 covering 8882 km of which 6293 unique.
> 
> Happy mapping / capturing :)
> --
>   Martijn van Exel
>   m...@rtijn.org 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jan 8, 2019, at 16:40, Martijn van Exel wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> We have the results for the most prolific OpenStreetCam contributors for 
>> Australia for the period Dec 1 - Dec 24:
>> 
>> 
>> #1 ---> robbie-bloggs with 127971 points
>> #2 ---> steve91 with 65470 points
>> 
>> 
>> Congratulations to you both, you have just won yourselves an $25 Amazon gift 
>> card! Please get in touch with me so I can arrange (virtual) delivery.
>> 
>> It's not over yet though. This was just the holiday mid point of the 
>> competition. At the end of January there will be three more prizes ($100 / 
>> $25 / $25) for the overall top contributors for the months of December and 
>> January.
>> 
>> If you haven't started capturing yet, no worries. New, not yet covered roads 
>> get you 10x points. That adds up pretty quickly. For example, this 20km trip 
>> is worth more than 6000 points: 
>> https://openstreetcam.org/details/1318295/0/track-info 
>>  
>> 
>> Best,
>> --
>>   Martijn van Exel
>>   m...@rtijn.org
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, Dec 12, 2018, at 12:33, Martijn van Exel wrote:
>>> Folks,
>>> 
>>> We added an additional holiday prize for the 2 mappers who collect the most 
>>> imagery before Christmas.
>>> Details added on the competition page! You need 25k points minimum to be 
>>> eligible for this prize, but since coverage is very low in Australia,  you 
>>> collect points very quickly.
>>> 
>>> Let me know if you have any questions. Happy mapping / capturing,
>>> --
>>>   Martijn van Exel
>>>   m...@rtijn.org
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Dec 7, 2018, at 11:53, Martijn van Exel wrote:
 Hi folks, 
 
 We (Telenav map team) are holding an OpenStreetCam image capture 
 competition. In case you're not familiar, OpenStreetCam is an open source 
 / open data street level imagery collection platform for OSM. It is widely 
 used to help improve OSM (through iD and JOSM) but there is not a lot of 
 coverage in Australia yet. So with this competition we’re hoping to start 
 to change that. 
 
 More details here: 
 https://github.com/openstreetcam/competitions/wiki/Australia-Competition-Dec-2018
  
 
  
 
 The TL;DR is: collect as many OSC images as you can between now and Jan 
 31, the top 3 contributors get $100 / $25 Amazon gift cards!
 
 Happy mapping / capturing!
 Martijn
 
 PS in case you’re in NZ, we have a separate competition staring there as 
 well, 
 https://github.com/openstreetcam/competitions/wiki/New-Zealand-Competition-Dec-2018
  
 
  
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Re: [talk-au] Announcing: OpenStreetCam competition

[Martijn van Exel]

Hi all, 

I am not sure if user robbie-blogs is reading on this list -- if you are, 
please get in touch to get your gift card.

For all others, the competition is still ongoing and you have until Jan 31 to 
make your way into the top 3 contributors over the months of December 2018 and 
January 2019 and win a $25 or $100 gift card.

Some stats so far: we started at 126 752 images in Australia on Dec 1, now we 
are at 330 648 covering 8882 km of which 6293 unique.

Happy mapping / capturing :)
--
 Martijn van Exel
 m...@rtijn.org


On Tue, Jan 8, 2019, at 16:40, Martijn van Exel wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> We have the results for the most prolific OpenStreetCam contributors for 
> Australia for the period Dec 1 - Dec 24:
> 
> 
> #1 ---> robbie-bloggs with 127971 points
> #2 ---> steve91 with 65470 points
> 
> 
> Congratulations to you both, you have just won yourselves an $25 Amazon gift 
> card! Please get in touch with me so I can arrange (virtual) delivery.
> 
> It's not over yet though. This was just the holiday mid point of the 
> competition. At the end of January there will be three more prizes ($100 / 
> $25 / $25) for the overall top contributors for the months of December and 
> January.
> 
> If you haven't started capturing yet, no worries. New, not yet covered roads 
> get you 10x points. That adds up pretty quickly. For example, this 20km trip 
> is worth more than 6000 points: 
> https://openstreetcam.org/details/1318295/0/track-info 
> 
> Best,
> --
>  Martijn van Exel
>  m...@rtijn.org
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2018, at 12:33, Martijn van Exel wrote:
>> Folks,
>> 
>> We added an additional holiday prize for the 2 mappers who collect the most 
>> imagery before Christmas.
>> Details added on the competition page! You need 25k points minimum to be 
>> eligible for this prize, but since coverage is very low in Australia, you 
>> collect points very quickly.
>> 
>> Let me know if you have any questions. Happy mapping / capturing,
>> --
>>  Martijn van Exel
>>  m...@rtijn.org
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Dec 7, 2018, at 11:53, Martijn van Exel wrote:
>>> Hi folks, 
>>> 
>>> We (Telenav map team) are holding an OpenStreetCam image capture 
>>> competition. In case you're not familiar, OpenStreetCam is an open source / 
>>> open data street level imagery collection platform for OSM. It is widely 
>>> used to help improve OSM (through iD and JOSM) but there is not a lot of 
>>> coverage in Australia yet. So with this competition we’re hoping to start 
>>> to change that. 
>>> 
>>> More details here: 
>>> https://github.com/openstreetcam/competitions/wiki/Australia-Competition-Dec-2018
>>>  
>>> 
>>> The TL;DR is: collect as many OSC images as you can between now and Jan 31, 
>>> the top 3 contributors get $100 / $25 Amazon gift cards!
>>> 
>>> Happy mapping / capturing!
>>> Martijn
>>> 
>>> PS in case you’re in NZ, we have a separate competition staring there as 
>>> well, 
>>> https://github.com/openstreetcam/competitions/wiki/New-Zealand-Competition-Dec-2018
>>>  
>>> _
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>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
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Re: [talk-au] Announcing: OpenStreetCam competition

[Martijn van Exel]

Hi all,

We have the results for the most prolific OpenStreetCam contributors for 
Australia for the period Dec 1 - Dec 24:


#1 ---> robbie-bloggs with 127971 points
#2 ---> steve91 with 65470 points


Congratulations to you both, you have just won yourselves an $25 Amazon gift 
card! Please get in touch with me so I can arrange (virtual) delivery.

It's not over yet though. This was just the holiday mid point of the 
competition. At the end of January there will be three more prizes ($100 / $25 
/ $25) for the overall top contributors for the months of December and January.

If you haven't started capturing yet, no worries. New, not yet covered roads 
get you 10x points. That adds up pretty quickly. For example, this 20km trip is 
worth more than 6000 points: 
https://openstreetcam.org/details/1318295/0/track-info 

Best,
--
 Martijn van Exel
 m...@rtijn.org



On Wed, Dec 12, 2018, at 12:33, Martijn van Exel wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> We added an additional holiday prize for the 2 mappers who collect the most 
> imagery before Christmas.
> Details added on the competition page! You need 25k points minimum to be 
> eligible for this prize, but since coverage is very low in Australia, you 
> collect points very quickly.
> 
> Let me know if you have any questions. Happy mapping / capturing,
> --
>  Martijn van Exel
>  m...@rtijn.org
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Dec 7, 2018, at 11:53, Martijn van Exel wrote:
>> Hi folks, 
>> 
>> We (Telenav map team) are holding an OpenStreetCam image capture 
>> competition. In case you're not familiar, OpenStreetCam is an open source / 
>> open data street level imagery collection platform for OSM. It is widely 
>> used to help improve OSM (through iD and JOSM) but there is not a lot of 
>> coverage in Australia yet. So with this competition we’re hoping to start to 
>> change that. 
>> 
>> More details here: 
>> https://github.com/openstreetcam/competitions/wiki/Australia-Competition-Dec-2018
>>  
>> 
>> The TL;DR is: collect as many OSC images as you can between now and Jan 31, 
>> the top 3 contributors get $100 / $25 Amazon gift cards!
>> 
>> Happy mapping / capturing!
>> Martijn
>> 
>> PS in case you’re in NZ, we have a separate competition staring there as 
>> well, 
>> https://github.com/openstreetcam/competitions/wiki/New-Zealand-Competition-Dec-2018
>>  
>> _
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>> Talk-au@openstreetmap.org
>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
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Re: [talk-au] Announcing: OpenStreetCam competition

[Martijn van Exel]

Folks,

We added an additional holiday prize for the 2 mappers who collect the
most imagery before Christmas.Details added on the competition page! You need 
25k points minimum to be
eligible for this prize, but since coverage is very low in Australia,
you collect points very quickly.
Let me know if you have any questions. Happy mapping / capturing,
--
  Martijn van Exel
  m...@rtijn.org



On Fri, Dec 7, 2018, at 11:53, Martijn van Exel wrote:
> Hi folks, 
> 
> We (Telenav map team) are holding an OpenStreetCam image capture
> competition. In case you're not familiar, OpenStreetCam is an open
> source / open data street level imagery collection platform for OSM.
> It is widely used to help improve OSM (through iD and JOSM) but there
> is not a lot of coverage in Australia yet. So with this competition
> we’re hoping to start to change that.> 
> More details here:
> https://github.com/openstreetcam/competitions/wiki/Australia-Competition-Dec-2018>
>  
> The TL;DR is: collect as many OSC images as you can between now and
> Jan 31, the top 3 contributors get $100 / $25 Amazon gift cards!> 
> Happy mapping / capturing!
> Martijn
> 
> PS in case you’re in NZ, we have a separate competition staring there
>as well,
>
> https://github.com/openstreetcam/competitions/wiki/New-Zealand-Competition-Dec-2018>
>  _
> Talk-au mailing list
> Talk-au@openstreetmap.org
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