Mapillary
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
2warn against
Feb 26, 2026first mention
Sep 13, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I upload street view pictures to Mapillary, which again can be used to automatically infer info into OSM”
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“Record open street view photos using Mapillary or similar.”
Caveats and dissent
“mapillary got bought up by meta.”
“the experience is lacking, partly because most of the images (where I've looked) aren't 360 views.”
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All comments 10
“mapillary did it first”
“mapillary got bought up by meta.”
“I upload street view pictures to Mapillary, which again can be used to automatically infer info into OSM”
“There is:”
“I don't think it auto-updates OSM based on these data.”
“Mapilarry to link pictures to objects”
“Record open street view photos using Mapillary or similar.”
“mapillary provides a platform for it, although now owned by facebook”
“Mapillary, the API I use for panoramas”
“the experience is lacking, partly because most of the images (where I've looked) aren't 360 views.”