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OpenStreetMap started as a blank canvas before we made it. This isn't about some dataset you can freely pillage, it's about an open platform you can use to create our streetview.



Huge difference though : one person with a car and some energy can panoramax-map most of a city in one day.

The same cannot be said of one person in one day for mapping the data on OSM.

Expect Panoramax to grow way faster than OSM :)


That doesn't really address my comment, which was about the framing in the blog post. It's not an openly licensed Street View. It's not even an openly licensed Street Side (Bing). It isn't even close to an openly licensed Panoramio.

It has the potential, but framing sets expectations and mine were not met. This is feedback for the author and anyone around the project trying to come up with a pitch. Focus on what it could be, don't try to say it is something it isn't (yet).




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