Drivers Snap Street-Level Imagery with Capture Projects from
Drivers Snap Street-Level Imagery with Capture Projects from Mapillary
February 15th, 2019 by Susan Smith
Mapillary[1], the street-level imagery platform that uses computer vision to work with and manage the world’s maps, this week announced a new tool that allows cities and mapmakers to take control over their map data collection in order to build better maps at scale. Capture Projects consists of a combination of a web and a mobile app, named Mapillary for Drivers[2], that gives cities and mapmakers the ability to task and manage an unlimited number of drivers to capture street-level imagery at any given point, increasing how quickly map data can be generated just using cameras.
According to company materials, map data is increasingly in demand as rapid advances in autonomous driving and urban development is escalating the need for a new way of mapping the world. Research shows that the global geospatial analytics market is set to surge by 357% between 2017 and 2027, growing from $38.6 billion to $174.6 billion[3] as fresh map data is becoming increasingly important for industries ranging from transportation and automotive to GIS and maps.
In January, Mapillary announced another 42 object classes to the set of map features that we...