Support for panorama images (via Pannellum?)

[Bugsbane]

OSM currently has no equivalent to streetview. At the same time, default camera apps in both Android and iOS now support taking panorama images easily, which essentially puts it easily in reach in the same way that the proliferation of GPS's in phones led to an explosion in mapping data. Right now, the main limiting factor is that there is no clear, single leading place for people to upload panorama images for OpenStreetMap. OpenStreetView is the clearest candidate, but currently neither explicitly states anywhere that you accept panorama's, nor does it provide any option to view panorama images properly.

I would suggest using https://github.com/mpetroff/pannellum which is plugin free HTML5 / CSS / WebGL, works for recent versions of all major browsers, is open source, active (last commit just 7 days ago) and is only 11kb.

[alexandre-mbm]

The Mapillary has panorama photos in "sequences", but them do not have the pannellum's 3D effects.

[Bugsbane]

Yes,I saw Mapillary, but it has a number of issues. Firstly they don't take panoramas. Secondly, as far as I can see, they look more like a commercial startup that uses OSM , as far as I can see, is more interested in becoming a business than a community project like OSM / OSV. Look at the way that they had to be convinced to change their compulsory license from by-sa-nd to just by-sa. Notice that while they have a special clause about metadata being allowed to be used by osm that no pa art of any of the images themselves may be.

No thanks. I'm looking to contribute to a free culture project with similar ideals to open street map, and from the little I've seen, Mapillary is nice, but not what I'm looking for.

[alexandre-mbm]

I know that Mapillary is a commercial startup but they gives something to community. It is a symbiotic relation. What matter is that they changed the license. I am not suggesting that you give coding to them. I do this sporadically when I see that the OpenStreetMap wins with it. It is very advantageous at least share with them the idea of using pannellum. If they implement it, the OpenStreetMap wins with this, and only wins.

[henu]

This sounds like a good idea. I love taking Photospheres, and it would feel so much better to contribute them to an open source project instead of Google. I also have my own lib for displaying them, but seeing how good this Panellum is, I strongly suggest using it :)

[Bugsbane]

I'm not saying Mapillary is evil, or anything. I'm glad they exist. If I'm going to give my time and data away for free, I just want it to be to a community project that will do the same. I don't want images I contribute to be proprietary, but free culture. For that reason I'm looking for something like OSV that allows uploading and display of photospheres.