International Open Data Day

Today is International Open Data Day! It's been great to see pockets of Mapillary activity at Open Data events all over the world.

New York

I checked out NYC School of Data, a day-long conference about civic technology and open data, organized by BetaNYC.

nyc

Photo credit: @nycsodata.

Bolivia

Eric Arcmijo (@rcrmj) gave a presentation on capturing street photos with Mapillary at Open Data Day Santa Cruz. Here's a sequence he captured of San José de Chiquitos -- a former Jesuit reduction, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site:

Thailand

Mishari Muqbil (@mishari) showcased his contributions to Mapillary at Barcamp Bangkok: Open Data.

bangkok

Photo credit: @alvinsj.

Busy streets in Chiang Mai, captured by Mishari:

Italy

Matteo Tempestini (il_tempe)spearheaded a week-long event to map his beautiful town of Galciana, Prato in Tuscany. You can see the results of his team's effort below and read his call to action here.

Mexico

Mapillary was part of the toolkit for Open Data Day in Mexico City. The winning team used us for geotagging and editing OSM.

Mexico

Photo credit: @OpenStreetMapMX.

Indonesia

Dewi Sulistioningrum from the Humanitarian OSM team presented Use Mapillary: Create Your Own Street View at Open Data Lab Jakarta:

jakarta

Photo credit: @cipg.

Costa Rica

Our ambassador Leo Arias (yoelopio] gave an overview of Mapillary and OSM at Open Data Day 2016 organized by Abriendo Datos and took attendees out for a field test.

costarica

Photo credit: @abriendodatoscr.

Check out some of Leo's awesome work:

Many thanks to everyone who helped spread the Mapillary love today. If you are excited about open data and are inspired to tell the story of your town or city with your own street photos, please get in touch.

Happy Open Data Day!

/janine

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