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From: Chris Andrew <cjhandrew(a)gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Sep 23, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Subject: [OSM-talk] Mapilio Mobile capture app now open source
To: <talk(a)openstreetmap.org>
Hi all,
Mapilio's iOS/Android street-level imagery capture app is now open source:
http://github.com/mapilio/mobile-apps
Every image captured through it is licensed CC BY-SA and cleared for OSM
use, and the team is opening it up so anyone can verify that in code, not
just in a privacy policy - and to invite the community to help build it:
bug reports, accessibility fixes, capture-flow improvements, new features.
As of 18 September 2026 the platform has over 20 million image records,
1,700 registered accounts and 280+ contributing accounts. The team's also
planning better panorama support, drone imagery, a marketplace, F-Droid
distribution, refreshed interfaces, and an updated contribution scoring
system - plenty of room for community input on where it goes next.
I've posted a longer write-up on the forum:
https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/mapilio-mobile-is-now-open-source/147…
Contribution guide:
http://github.com/mapilio/mobile-apps/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
Chris
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