Using cellphone as camera for streetview like capturing

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I would like to create a project that will capture images like Google's streetview collected images using cellphone camera. I saw an existing project here earlier, but I forgot the name of the project (I forgot to bookmark it, sorry!)

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I tried searching for the previous project, but am having difficulty to filter based on preferences I made (e.g., mobile cam, image capture, etc.)

Hope there is someone who is familiar with the project or knows a similar project that I mentioned.

Posted 15-Aug-23 19:24pm

sirch fsarso

Updated 14-Sep-23 9:32am

Deeksha Shenoy

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[no name] 16-Aug-23 2:53am

It's a 3D view. Stand there with your camera, and turn in a circle. Once you have a 360 clip, manipulate it via positioning (Google doesn't do up or down; it rotates and zooms). You probably need more than one camera to get 360 with any efficiency (2 x 180)

sirch fsarso 16-Aug-23 5:11am

Like that, it's a 3D view that might need another mobile unit that focus on another angle or location then all images will be merged. I know it is a web app but it uses mobile/cellphone for image capturing (i'm not sure if it can be associated to a map location). Something like that

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Graeme_Grant · Answer 1 · 2023-08-15T20:37:00

Learn .Net MAUI -
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* .NET MAUI Tutorial for Beginners - Build iOS, Android, macOS, & Windows Apps with C# & Visual Studio - YouTube[^]

UPDATE

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OriginalGriff · Answer 2 · 2023-08-15T23:15:00

The simplest way to start is by using multiple identical cell phones: check the "lens angle" of the camera you are going to use and divide it into 360. Take the integer result, and add one to give you the number of cellphones you will need.
Most "wide angle" lenses give you around 80 degrees, so you would need 5 to cover the whole area, and you'd probably still want 5 even if they reach 90 degrees so you can "stitch them together" more easily - an overlap helps with setting up the alignment between images.

Then you need to build a mounting frame to hold them in fixed (but pretty accurate) position, and to mount that on something so you aren't trying to hand hold a large, cumbersome, and wobbly bunch of expensive phones ...

Then software: Graeme's suggestion about MAUI is a good one, so go with that.

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