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Open Street Imagery

Explore open techniques for accessing Street View data and practical tips for publishing free, interoperable imagery with Mapillary and related platforms.

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A close-up, ultra-detailed view of a laptop screen displaying a side-by-side comparison of two Street View platforms: one interface with a Mapillary-style green accent and another resembling Google Street View’s familiar layout, both centered on the same intersection. Around the laptop, a notepad with hand-drawn road segments and camera icons, a USB 3.0 card reader with a microSD card halfway inserted, and an external SSD with a subtle status LED glow rest on a dark, matte desk. Subtle evening desk-lamp lighting creates warm, focused illumination on the devices, with the rest of the room fading into gentle darkness. The atmosphere is analytical and slightly intense, highlighting unbiased evaluation of imagery sources. Shot at a shallow angle with a moderate depth of field, emphasizing the screens while keeping surrounding tools legible, in clean, professional photographic realism.

Legal Street View

This section explains how legal considerations safeguard your Street View projects, maps, and open imagery workflows while guiding compliant, ethical sharing.

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Use this short form to ask edge-case questions or request takedown guidance related to Street View imagery and open data usage.

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A high-precision 360-degree camera rig mounted on a sturdy carbon-fiber monopod, standing alone on a quiet urban sidewalk at a major intersection. Surrounding it are richly detailed buildings, road markings, street signs, and parked cars, all captured with crisp photographic realism. Late-afternoon, slightly overcast light creates soft, even illumination with minimal harsh shadows, emphasizing textures in asphalt, concrete, and brick. The mood is analytical and professional, suggesting careful data collection rather than tourism. Shot from a low, eye-level angle with the camera rig placed on the rule of thirds, background gently softened with natural bokeh. The composition feels clean, modern, and technical, symbolizing the process of capturing unbiased street-level geoinformation for open platforms like Mapillary and Google Street View.