i mean I get... but.... the images are still CC-BY-SA, if anything: since the met takeover you're allowed to use the images commercially without any license. That wasn't the case before.
i'm not pro meta. But I don't think they're doing anything evil in this department....
*yet
it's being developed by OSM FR. So it's DEF going to get implemented into osm tools down the lines. Geovisio is pretty barebones atm.
But the idea is similar to lemmy and mastodon and other federated services. Instead of having one giant server like mapillary, each community can have it's own server and in the future they could federate together.
Google Maps: you have to pay to use their images
Mapillary: sure it's Facebook BUT all the images are just regular CC-BY-SA license.. so you can do the normal CC-BY-SA things you want with them... including downloading them and hosting them somewhere else even.
Sure Facebook is evil, but in this department that's not a problem...
in Mapilio's defense, they only launched their integration this month. It might take some time to get up to the same level
Mapillary had a whole system for verifying AI detections but that went away when Meta took over and basically forced Mapillary to revamp their entire server infra.
The tool still exists but doesn't work because it would have to be modified to use the new api.
(I'm in contact with Mapillary's people with a potential solution)
And keep in mind: it's two evil companies BUT the images they're hosting are all CC-BY-SA licensed. So you can do a bunch of things with them and none of those companies can/will stop you.
I think this is different from the usual "big evil company bad, locking users in" mentality that we have around a lot of things like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc....
Atleast here the 'content' is open and available to use.
(I still think it's good to have our own servers, fyi)
app similar to Street Complete for iOS?
i’m on mostly on android so excuse my unfamiliarity....
accessible environment
hello!...
Which street-level image service do you commit to and why?
It seems pretty clear that street-level imaging on OSM is pretty lacking, unless you only want to see highways....
Best free and open source keyboard alternatives to google gboard (www.linuxlinks.com)
Solution for opening a magazine on a Lemmy/Kbin from a different instance (no extensions/addons needed)
I'm sure many of us have had the problem of getting a link to a Lemmy/Kbin instance that isn't your own. But you want to subscribe to a magazine....