tl;dr: With panoramax.libre.net.ar we have set up the first (public) Panoramax instance in the Americas. It allows the collection of street-level imagery in the Argentine territory. Una versión en español es disponible en OpenStreetMap Panoramax is an open-source system for creating a commons of street-level imagery, thus creating an openly licensed alternative to Google StreetView etc. And unlike some of the other alternatives, which openly license the images, the whole software stack itself is free & open source software too. Plus it is based around the idea of creating a federation of Panoramax servers or instances, similar to the Fediverse of Mastodon, PeerTube, Lemmy, etc. Since the first time I posted about Panoramax, the federation has grown quite a bit, to more than 10 instances. But, as seems (unfortunately ) quite normal for most federated systems, there still is some strong centralisation in terms of usage. The instances of the French chapter of OpenStreetMap (OSM FR) and…
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