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My Favourite Geo For Good Summit 2021 Talks
Guides November 26, 2021
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Using GoPro Player to Process .360's
Guides November 19, 2021
The good, the bad, and the very, very slow.
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What are GoPro LRV, THM and WAV Files?
Guides November 12, 2021
An explanation of the LRV, THM and WAV files that are generated when you shoot GoPro videos.
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The Legalities of Publishing Photographs for Street View in a Public Place
Guides November 05, 2021
A general guide to the legal considerations when capturing outdoor virtual tours.
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My Favourite Talks from State of the Map 2021
Guides October 28, 2021
3D rendering, long distance hiking trails, biking maps, building detection, Irish heritage, and photos of entrances.
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How to Add a Custom Nadir to a 360 Photo Programmatically
Guides October 22, 2021
Automate the process of adding a custom branded nadir to all your equirectangular photos using Python and Imagemagick.
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Lessons learned when geotagging timelapse photos and video frames
Guides October 15, 2021
Exiftool is a powerful bit of software for geotagging photos, understanding how the process works will save you a few headaches.
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Using trigonometry to calculate how north, east, and vertical velocity
Guides October 08, 2021
Speed = distance / time. But what about speed along the x (east, west), y (north, south), z (altitude) axes?
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Reverse Engineering GoPro's 360 Video File Format (Part 4)
Guides October 01, 2021
In the final part of this series, I convert a GoPro EAC projected frame into an equirectangular projection to be displayed in other software.
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Reverse Engineering GoPro's 360 Video File Format (Part 3)
Guides September 24, 2021
I continue taking apart a .360 file, and trying to rebuild it with a equirectangular projection (without GoPro software).
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Reverse Engineering GoPro's 360 Video File Format (Part 2)
Guides September 17, 2021
Taking apart a .360 file to reveal its contents to try and understand how it can be processed (without GoPro software).
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Reverse Engineering GoPro's 360 Video File Format (Part 1)
Guides September 10, 2021
A deeper look into GoPro’s proprietary .360 video format (with the aim of reducing our reliance on GoPro’s software).
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A deeper look at 360 video projections
Guides September 03, 2021
Equirectangular, non-equalangle cubemap, equi-angular cubemap, pyramid…
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An Introduction to KartaView
Guides July 23, 2021
Formerly named OpenStreetView and then OpenStreetCam, KartaView is a completely open-source street-level image platform.
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Collecting street-level imagery of the UK National Trails
Guides July 02, 2021
The network covers over 4,000km of England and Wales. With your help, we want to capture street-level images for every single one of those kilometers.
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Collecting street-level imagery of the UK's National Cycle Network
Guides June 25, 2021
The network covers over 20,000km of the UK. With your help, we want to capture street-level images for every single one of those kilometers.
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Solutions for tracking your position when underground or under-canopy
Guides June 18, 2021
How to keep track of your position when your line-of-sight to the sky is impeded.
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Trek Pack v2: A (late) Quick Start Guide
Guides June 04, 2021
A 5 minute guide to setting up your equipment for publishing off-road street-level imagery.
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Crowdsourcing safer bicycle lane design (an eight month update)
Guides May 28, 2021
Time to dust off the helmet cameras and take part in some cycling capture challenges.
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Trek View Trail Quality Index: An Alternative Method Using Computer Vision
Guides May 21, 2021
Using the imagery captured by the Data Bike to measure cycle path surface quality.
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Trek View Trail Quality Index
Guides April 23, 2021
We continue to build out our Data Bike and are now trying to establish a global standard to measure cycle trail quality.
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Measuring the Condition of Cycle Paths With Only Your Phone (an update)
Guides April 16, 2021
Two consumer apps that can measure sensor data on your phone to record ride quality.
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Measuring the Air Quality of Your Trek (Part 2)
Guides April 09, 2021
Our initial thoughts after testing the AtmoTube Pro.
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Measuring the Air Quality of Your Trek (Part 1)
Guides April 02, 2021
Our hunt for a device that could measure air quality during adventures.
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Software for Uploading Your Off-Road Imagery to Google Street View
Guides March 26, 2021
Here are four options you can use to upload your 360 photos to Street View.
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Using the Google Street View app to publish your panoramic photos
Guides March 19, 2021
Over the past few months the Street View mobile app has received a number of updates. Here’s a quick start guide to using it to publish your photos to Google Maps.
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Measuring the Condition of Cycle Paths With Only Your Phone
Guides March 12, 2021
Use the rRuf mobile app on your bicycle to measure the ride quality.
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Turn 360 photos to non-360 (flat) photos
Guides February 05, 2021
Use GIMP to transform a 360 photo into a flat photo that looks perfect, and is easy to share.
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My Favourite Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Summit 2020 Talks
Guides January 08, 2021
Mapping projects to improve disaster and development outcomes, including; Trashsites, Land Rights and Resources, Wildfires and Cycling.
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Export your Photos From Google Street View
Guides December 11, 2020
Use Google Takeout to get a copy of all your imagery hosted on Google Street View.
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My Favourite Geo For Good Summit 2020 Talks
Guides November 27, 2020
Using mapping tools for a positive impact in the world including; Seascapes, PlusCodes, Reforestation, Migrant Settlements, and Map Lessons.
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My Favourite OSM Connect 2020 Talks
Guides November 13, 2020
Street art, 3D maps, reinventing the wheel, and saving cyclists. All available to watch now.
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Street View vs. StreetSide vs. Look Around vs. Mapillary
Guides October 02, 2020
How do the major street-level mapping products compare?
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How to Blur People and Objects on Street-Level Mapping Platforms
Guides September 25, 2020
If you see that your face or license plate requires additional blurring after being captured by a camera car, here’s how you can do it.
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An Introduction to Photogrammetry and LiDaR
Guides September 11, 2020
How Google Maps make their satellite imagery look three-dimensional.
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What is a Digital Elevation Model?
Guides August 28, 2020
A Digital Elevation Model (DEM) is a 3D computer graphics representation of elevation data to represent terrain.
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Using Street-Level Imagery to Improve the Map
Guides August 21, 2020
Some useful tools to help you make additions or modifications to OpenStreetMap using Mapillary images.
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My Favourite Talks from State of the Map 2020
Guides July 31, 2020
360 cameras, 3D models, aerial imagery, drones, and privacy.
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How to Add a Custom Nadir to a 360 Photo or Video using GIMP
Guides June 19, 2020
Branding your public images can be a great way to promote your 360 work. A custom nadir is perfect for this.
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What is a Global Shutter?
Guides June 05, 2020
Why does it matter? And do you need one for 360 tour photography?
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Google Earth Projects - A Quick Start Guide
Guides April 10, 2020
Create customised maps and stories about places anywhere in the world.
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Google Tour Creator - A Quick Start Guide
Guides March 27, 2020
Build immersive, 360-degree tours and become a virtual tour guide to show friends, family, or an entire class your creations.
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DIY Street View Bike v2
Guides February 28, 2020
The second iteration of my Street View bike, this time designed for downhill trails.
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How to Create Your Own Little Planet Photos
Guides February 21, 2020
urn your 360-degree photos into eye-catching miniature planets.
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Underwater Street View
Guides January 10, 2020
The challenges we’ve faced and resulting solutions when capturing underwater 360-degree tours.
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Decoding a Google Street View URL
Guides January 03, 2020
Analysing the structure of Street View URL’s to better understand exposed functionality.
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What's in your Trek Pack?
Guides December 13, 2019
How much can you fit in a Trek Pack? What do you take on hikes?
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My DIY Street View Bike
Guides November 15, 2019
A proof-of-concept for capturing 360-degree tours of cycling adventures.
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How to Capture the Perfect 360-Degree Tours on the Water
Guides September 20, 2019
Get off dry land and take your 360-degree camera onto your local waterways.
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DIY Google Street View (6/5): Increasing the Battery Life of Your GoPro Fusion
Guides August 23, 2019
Power your GoPro Fusion with an external power pack, the equivilant of 10 GoPro Fusion batteries.
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DIY Google Street View (5/5): Publish 360-Degree Photos to Street View
Guides August 09, 2019
Use Tourer to upload 360-degree photo tours to Google Street View from your computer.
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DIY Google Street View (4/5): Stitching 360-Degree Photos Using GoPro Fusion Studio
Guides July 26, 2019
How to create the perfect 360-degree photo for Google Street View, and the things I’ve learned using GoPro Fusion Studio.
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DIY Google Street View (3/5): Preparing to Shoot 360-Degree Tours
Guides July 12, 2019
Simple tips for setting up your Trek Pack to shoot a 360-degree photo tour for Google Street View.
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DIY Google Street View (2/5): My Basic Kit for Creating Outdoor Street View Tours
Guides June 28, 2019
The bare minimum you’ll need, and some recommended accessories for building a Trek Pack to shoot 360-degree tours.
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DIY Google Street View (1/5): How I (Trek View) Started Capturing 360-Degree Tours
Guides June 14, 2019
How I built the original Trek View Trek Pack, then used it to shoot, process, and publish 360-degree photo tours to Google Street View.