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So consider OpenStreetMaps (they also have a kind of streetview project) or any other kind of FREE project in witch you invest money and after co-own the data.
"Google Trusted Photogapher" here. https://www.google.com/streetview/hire/ Verification: https://goo.gl/maps/Nx9JwEB731m We can now add to Streetview instead of just adding to Google Maps. I.e. we can create a blue line instead of just blue dots. And a lot of us are doing it, by request, and paid. And no, Google never paid us anything, we had to sell by ourselves and set our own prices. So this guy will get paid, thi…
> Google never paid us anything > So this guy will get paid Who pays for that?
* I'm South African.
I was impatient for Street View to reach my country so I made my own back in 2014. I took photospheres of my university campus and made a website for it using an embedded Street View container. I did it as a personal project. The university ended up discounting a reasonable chunk of my tuition as a recognition and for my effort! First I was taking individual photos on my DSLR and stiching them manually then I continu…
I really enjoyed clicking around and virtually touring the campus - especially knowing how much work it must have been! What a great project, glad the university recognized your effort.
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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.
I recently spent 6 weeks driving around virtually the whole country, yes. In the last ~month their economy has collapsed. Their currency is worthless, and there is no gas or diesel in the country. I have plenty of friends in the country and get regular updates.
> I recently spent 6 weeks driving around virtually the whole country
I think you should have made it clearer that your initial statement was hyperbole, because if taken literally, how were you driving for 6 weeks?
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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.
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I recently spent 6 weeks driving around virtually the whole country, yes. In the last ~month their economy has collapsed. Their currency is worthless, and there is no gas or diesel in the country. I have plenty of friends in the country and get regular updates.
>>...there is essentially none in Zimbabwe right now > I recently spent 6 weeks driving around virtually the whole country I think you should have made it clearer that your initial statement was hyperbole, because if taken literally, how were you driving for 6 weeks?
I drove around for 6 weeks about 5 months ago, which I consider recently.
Something you need to understand about African countries is that things change fast. Much, much faster than you con comprehend if you've never spent significant time there, because our First-World minds expect things to continue on an even keel.
My statement is very much NOT hyperbole. Multiple friends who have lived their entire lives in Zim currently can't get a drop.