Re:Introducing OpenStreetView
by kayvansylvan on Sunday August 21, 2016 @06:54PM
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Exactly. OSV is totally about being Open and free (as in both freedom and price).
Re:Introducing OpenStreetView
by toomuchtodo on Sunday August 21, 2016 @08:33PM
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Can OSV/OSM contribute the same resources to their project as Mapillary is contributing to their own?
Re:Introducing OpenStreetView
by Doctor_Fegg on Monday August 22, 2016 @05:54AM
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Mapillary is VC-backed. OSV is backed by Telenav, a publicly traded location services company. Your call as to which is the more sustainable model!
(The OSM Foundation has no connection with either project and is traditionally focused on its core task of collecting and distributing openly-licensed vector geodata.)
Is it free to use OSV images and data in commercial projects?
Re:Introducing OpenStreetView
by Doctor_Fegg on Monday August 22, 2016 @11:55AM
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Images are openly licensed. Data licence hasn't been published yet but the project creators are making encouraging noises (e.g. in the comments thread of the linked post).
Yet, even for a simple embed on a website, you have to pay them $99 / month. Using the images for custom maps: $249 / month.
Accessing the data is not publicly available, but is probably in the range of enterprise pricing options, only listed as "Contact Us". To me this seems to be the opposite of the OSM model and there is a huge need for a OSV like platform.