Spending $5k to put Zimbabwe on Street View • Hacker News Board

Re: Spending $5k to put Zimbabwe on Street View

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Post by jakecopp » Thu, Dec 27, 2018, 2:45 AM UTC

mtmail wrote: post #2

If you want to repeat that in your neighboorhood in a smaller scale, there's https://www.openstreetcam.org/ (software open source, content CC-BY-SA) and https://www.mapillary.com/ (propietary afaik, content CC-BY-SA) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_street_view_services

The best thing in my view about contributing to these services is that volunteers can use that imagery to improve www.openstreetmap.org

In my experience street level imagery is extremely helpful to add business names and other points of interest!

Re: Spending $5k to put Zimbabwe on Street View

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Post by ehnto » Thu, Dec 27, 2018, 3:23 AM UTC

j2bax wrote: post #10

I’d love to see the vast trail systems of the US get the street view treatment.

I am just impressed they are mapped at all. Not entirely reliable as trails get changed over seasons and for maintenance and so on, but it is still impressive to be able to get an overview of a trail system.

Re: Spending $5k to put Zimbabwe on Street View

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Post by code_duck » Thu, Dec 27, 2018, 3:42 AM UTC

ehnto wrote: post #12

j2bax wrote: post #10

I’d love to see the vast trail systems of the US get the street view treatment.

I am just impressed they are mapped at all. Not entirely reliable as trails get changed over seasons and for maintenance and so on, but it is still impressive to be able to get an overview of a trail system.

I’m amazed that they went into my gym.

Re: Spending $5k to put Zimbabwe on Street View

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Post by propogandist » Thu, Dec 27, 2018, 4:13 AM UTC

code_duck wrote: post #13

ehnto wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am just impressed they are mapped at all. Not entirely reliable as trails get changed over seasons and for maintenance and so on, but it is still impressive to be able to get an overview of a trail system.

I’m amazed that they went into my gym.

The business owner can hire authorized streetview photographers to upload images to Google Maps' native street view experience. It exists to strengthen Google's moat and incentivize SMBs to spend more $ with Google.

Re: Spending $5k to put Zimbabwe on Street View

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Post by kilroy123 » Thu, Dec 27, 2018, 4:21 AM UTC

grecy wrote: post #8

I wonder how they got gas or diesel... there is essentially none in Zimbabwe right now. Even cooking oil is getting hard to come by as everyone is running it as diesel in older mechanical engines (which burn it fine)

Forgive me, I'm not up to date on Zimbabwe news. Why can't you get gas and cooking oil?

Re: Spending $5k to put Zimbabwe on Street View

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Post by oh_sigh » Thu, Dec 27, 2018, 4:27 AM UTC

grecy wrote: post #8

I wonder how they got gas or diesel... there is essentially none in Zimbabwe right now. Even cooking oil is getting hard to come by as everyone is running it as diesel in older mechanical engines (which burn it fine)

There is gas and diesel - it is just expensive for everyday folk relative to how much money they can realistically make.

If you work in SF and spend $5000 on a passion project flying to Zimbabwe, you will have no problem affording gas.

Re: Spending $5k to put Zimbabwe on Street View

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Post by mav3rick » Thu, Dec 27, 2018, 5:31 AM UTC

kilroy123 wrote: post #15

grecy wrote: post #8

I wonder how they got gas or diesel... there is essentially none in Zimbabwe right now. Even cooking oil is getting hard to come by as everyone is running it as diesel in older mechanical engines (which burn it fine)

Forgive me, I'm not up to date on Zimbabwe news. Why can't you get gas and cooking oil?

Economy is in tatters. The Zimbabwean dollar is worth less right now.

Re: Spending $5k to put Zimbabwe on Street View

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Post by chadAnon69 » Thu, Dec 27, 2018, 5:38 AM UTC

kilroy123 wrote: post #15

grecy wrote: post #8

I wonder how they got gas or diesel... there is essentially none in Zimbabwe right now. Even cooking oil is getting hard to come by as everyone is running it as diesel in older mechanical engines (which burn it fine)

Forgive me, I'm not up to date on Zimbabwe news. Why can't you get gas and cooking oil?

a picture is worth a thousand words

https://imgur.com/a/Z8IuSfW

https://imgur.com/gallery/78rUWtU

Based on the land grab laws South Africa has passed and their current water shortages I imagine we'll be seeing something similar there as well

Re: Spending $5k to put Zimbabwe on Street View

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Post by 55555 » Thu, Dec 27, 2018, 5:56 AM UTC

grecy wrote: post #8

I wonder how they got gas or diesel... there is essentially none in Zimbabwe right now. Even cooking oil is getting hard to come by as everyone is running it as diesel in older mechanical engines (which burn it fine)

Have you been to Zimbabwe? Drop a pin literally anywhere on Zimbabwe on Google maps to enter street view. The streets are full of cars and every parking space is taken.

Re: Spending $5k to put Zimbabwe on Street View

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Post by MadTitan » Thu, Dec 27, 2018, 7:08 AM UTC

oh_sigh wrote: post #16

grecy wrote: post #8

I wonder how they got gas or diesel... there is essentially none in Zimbabwe right now. Even cooking oil is getting hard to come by as everyone is running it as diesel in older mechanical engines (which burn it fine)

There is gas and diesel - it is just expensive for everyday folk relative to how much money they can realistically make. If you work in SF and spend $5000 on a passion project flying to Zimbabwe, you will have no problem affording gas.

Currently in Zimbabwe. It's not an issue of affordability. The country allocates foreign currency to bring in fuel, there is a shortage of foreign currency and the government is struggling to bring in enough fuel to meet demand levels.