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Re: Search all text in New York City

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Post by pimlottc »

ge96 wrote: post #105

Tangent, there are these videos on YT of people walking through cities, the ones I like in particular are through Tokyo/Japan. I was thinking it would be cool to build a 3D map from that, it is possible but not my field. I think some companies have done it too. But there is a lot of data on that. Maybe free robot training (walking through a crowd like delivery). I believe it's a combo of SLAM/photogrammery/VIO but yo…

Similarly it would be great to have a tool to do it with stills, like reconstruct a floor plan based on real estate photos. Even if it were partially manually, it would be pretty handy.

Re: Search all text in New York City

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Post by ge96 »

pimlottc wrote: post #112
ge96 wrote: post #105

Tangent, there are these videos on YT of people walking through cities, the ones I like in particular are through Tokyo/Japan. I was thinking it would be cool to build a 3D map from that, it is possible but not my field. I think some companies have done it too. But there is a lot of data on that. Maybe free robot training (walking through a crowd like delivery). I believe it's a combo of SLAM/photogrammery/VIO but yo…

Similarly it would be great to have a tool to do it with stills, like reconstruct a floor plan based on real estate photos. Even if it were partially manually, it would be pretty handy.

Matterport seems to do this at least offering you a 3D tour of say an apt complex

edit: although this is not what you're describing, this is literally using a 360 camera

Apple's Room Plan is pretty legit measuring walls/objects in a room but also requires being in the room/moving it around

Re: Search all text in New York City

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Post by dang »

dfworks wrote: post #83
dang wrote: post #4

Related. Others? All Text in NYC - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42367029 - Dec 2024 (4 comments) All text in Brooklyn - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41344245 - Aug 2024 (50 comments)

I have a London one also if anyone is interested! https://london.publicinsights.uk

Nice! If you want to email hn@ycombinator.com we could send you a repost invite for https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44664046 - but please wait a while first. The trick is to let enough time go by for the hivemind caches to clear. Then everything old becomes new again :) - usually 2-3 months is a good interval...

Re: Search all text in New York City

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Post by quinncom »

at-fates-hands wrote: post #106
ge96 wrote: post #105

Tangent, there are these videos on YT of people walking through cities, the ones I like in particular are through Tokyo/Japan. I was thinking it would be cool to build a 3D map from that, it is possible but not my field. I think some companies have done it too. But there is a lot of data on that. Maybe free robot training (walking through a crowd like delivery). I believe it's a combo of SLAM/photogrammery/VIO but yo…

There was a guy a long time ago, who did YT videos of the tech markets in Tokyo and it was really surprising some of the best places to get parts for smartphones or robots were completely non-descript buildings in the heart of the city. He specifically went to places that most people wouldn't know about unless you really had great local information. If someone were to do what you're saying, it would be a huge win for…

Do you think those videos of tech markets in Tokyo are still online? I would enjoy seeing them.

Re: Search all text in New York City

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Post by supermatt »

andsoitis wrote: post #47
ninju wrote: post #34

There's a lot of PIZZA in New York City!

> There's a lot of PIZZA in New York City! New York is consistently rated alongside Naples as having the best pizza in the world.

Rated by who? There is no way on earth anyone who has tried both would rate them similarly.
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