OpenStreetView
John McKerrell
(of mapme.at)

OpenStreetView?
• Photos on a map
• Register your twitter account
• No photos in an area? Request some
• Twitter message sent to nearest
person to collect photos

while I was sleeping...

What is (Open)
Street View?

What is (Open)
Street View?
• Capturing photos

What is (Open)
Street View?
• Capturing photos
• Storing and maintaining database

What is (Open)
Street View?
• Capturing photos
• Storing and maintaining database
• Extracting data and metadata

What is (Open)
Street View?
• Capturing photos
• Storing and maintaining database
• Extracting data and metadata
• Presenting imagery to users

What is (Open)
Street View?
• Capturing photos
•Storing and maintaining database
•Extracting data
• Presenting imagery to users

Capturing Photos
• Normal Camera + Separate GPS
• Mobile device with combined GPS +
Camera, and bespoke software
• Higher-grade cameras and other
equipment

Upload
• Web upload, multiple files via flash
• FTP - username/password given
from the site
• Flickr/Panoramio import
• API, native clients

Import
• EXIF tags are parsed for location,
direction and tilt information
• Entry is created in OSV database
• Multiple sizes are created

Moderation
• Photo cannot be viewed until it has
been moderated by N people
• Moderators chosen by the system,
can’t ask your friends
• Moderators verify that image is valid
and blur out sensitive parts

After Moderation
• Photo becomes part of the main
database
• Anyone can view it whether a
member of OpenStreetView or not

Extracting Data
• Images can be tagged with
key=value pairs
• Tags can apply to an area of the
image or the whole image
• Can also mark an image as “unsafe”
to be moderated again

Extracting Data
• Moderated images would be
available for people to download
• Teams working on computer vision
projects could use OpenStreetView
as a source dataset

API
• Upload images for processing
• Tagging images that have been
moderated
• Marking images as unsafe
• Cannot moderate images through
third party sites

API
• Search for images by bounding box
and tags
• Download information and
metadata for images
• Download resized and original sized
images

License
• User can specify license that covers
individual images
• Could also opt for
“OpenStreetView Choice” License
• Metadata covered by perpetual CC0
(Public Domain) license

Presenting Imagery
• Start with markers on a map

Presenting Imagery
• Go on to highlighting roads with coverage,
ability to navigate between photos

Presenting Imagery
• Microsoft Photosynth
http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=9686ec98-2c88-4b31-81fb-f29f5ebbab9c

Presenting Imagery
• In the future, who knows?
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=ccc&sll=52.357702,4.910588&sspn=0.011192,0.033002&ie=UTF8&ll=52.362544,4.907101&spn=0,359.983499&z=17&layer=c&cbll=52.362449,4.907158&panoid=tboWgnlQU0utvg60YAMUTA&cbp=12,24.65,,0,-17.76
+ OSM map

Current Status
• Can upload already georeferenced
photos and have them moderated
• Photos show up on the homepage
as thumbnails on a map
• Can download information on all
images in bounding box as KML

Demo Video
• http://vimeo.com/6771405

Getting Involved?
• www.openstreetview.org
• photos@openstreetmap.org