The choice was hard since we received applications from a lot of amazing community members. Also, Mapillary of course wants to cover the whole planet one day, so there will hopefully also be ambassadors in every corner of the world. But since we aim to expand the programme gradually, then the choice right now largely boiled down to regions that we decided to start with.

So here they are - the new Mapillary Ambassadors!

• Katie Urey - rbracket - from Portland, USA (@rbracket)

• Leo Arias - elopio - from San José, Costa Rica (@yoelopio)

• Nuno Caldeira - nunocaldeira - from Funchal, Portugal (@iamnunocaldeira)

• Dave Corley - DaCor - from Galway, Ireland (@dacor_ie)

• Jean-Louis Zimmermann - zimmy - from Orange, France (@JLZIMMERMANN)

• Nicolás Alvarez - nicolas17 - from Banfield, Argentina (@nicolas09F9)

• Shravan Shah - shravan91 - from Ahmedabad, India (@shravanshah)

• Elliott Plack - talllguy - from Baltimore, USA (@talllguy)

We hope to share all of their stories through this blog soon so stay tuned! Meanwhile, keep an eye on them through their uploads and tweets, since they are truly inspirational members of the Mapillary community.