Mapillary
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Mapillary is a company developing a mapping service. The platform automates mapping using crowdsourcing, cameras, and computer vision. It also offers a mobile application to take photos while hiking, biking or traveling on a road as well as a mobile app and other capture tools.
| Type | Private | |
| Founded | 2013 | |
| HQ | Malmö, SE | Map |
| Website | mapillary.com |
Recent NewsAll News
- Mapillary and Facebook – Combining our open mapping efforts
- Facebook acquires crowdsourced street-level imagery startup Mapillary
- Mapillary launches marketplace to expand coverage of its crowdsourced map images and data
- Google Street View rival Mapillary collaborates with Amazon to read text in its 350M image database
Latest Updates
| Employees (est.) (Jan 2021) | 17 | (-5%) |
| Cybersecurity rating | B | More |
Key People/Management at Mapillary
Johan Gyllenspetz
VP of Engineering and co-founder
Yubin Kuang
Co-Founder, VP Computer Vision
Janine Yoong
COO
Sandra Uddbäck
VP of Data Acquisition
Emil Dautovic
VP Automotive
Mapillary Office Locations
Mapillary has offices in Malmö, West Hollywood, Brooklyn and Graz
Malmö, SE (HQ)
Bredgatan 4
Graz, AT
Gartengasse 19
West Hollywood, CA, US
West Hollywood, CA, USA
Mapillary Financials and Metrics
Summary Metrics
Founding Date | 2013 |
Mapillary total Funding | $24.5 m |
Mapillary latest funding size | $15 m |
Time since last funding | 3 years ago |
Mapillary investors | Playfair Capital, Wellington Partners, Sequoia Capital, Atomico, Jeremy Yap, BMW i Ventures, Samsung Catalyst Fund, LDV Capital, Carl Silbersky, Walking Ventures, NFX, NavInfo |
Mapillary's latest funding round in April 2018 was reported to be $15 m. In total, Mapillary has raised $24.5 m
Mapillary Cybersecurity Score
Mapillary Online and Social Media Presence
10.02k Twitter followers
Mapillary has 10.02k Twitter Followers. The number of followers has increased 0.3% month over month and increased 0.8% quarter over quarter
Mapillary's Trends
Twitter Engagement Stats for @mapillary
4.2k
Tweets
254
Following
10k
Followers
23
Tweets last 30 days
6.7
Avg. likes per Tweet
91.3%
Tweets with engagement
Mapillary News and Updates
June 19, 2020
Facebook acquires crowdsourced street-level imagery startup Mapillary
Facebook Inc. has acquired Mapillary AB, a Swedish startup that takes street-level imagery for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2013, Mapillary pitches itself as a sort of Google Maps competitor in that it offers street-level imagery such as Google Maps does but with a twist in that its imagery comes…
May 22, 2019
Mapillary launches marketplace to expand coverage of its crowdsourced map images and data
Mapillary is creating a marketplace for street-level images and map data to serve specific needs of users while also making its core service more robust.
September 13, 2018
Google Street View rival Mapillary collaborates with Amazon to read text in its 350M image database
Mapillary, the Swedish startup that wants to take on Google and others in mapping the world by way of a crowdsourced database of street-level imagery, is taking an interesting step in the development of its platform. The company is now working with Amazon, and specifically its Rekognition API, to de…
September 13, 2018
Mapillary strikes computer vision partnership with Amazon Rekognition to ease urban parking crunch
Many large U.S. cities seem to have adopted the motto: “Man, parking here sucks.” But a Swedish startup believes it can apply a little technology to solve a problem that is costing billions of dollars each year. Today, Mapillary, based in Malmo, Sweden, announced a new partnership with ecommerce gia…
April 16, 2018
BMW i Ventures Buys Stake In Map Data Platform Mapillary
The venture investment arm of BMW, BMW i Ventures, has announced a new investment into the street-level imagery tech platform firm Mapillary
Mapillary Blogs
December 22, 2020
Introducing Smart Edits: AI-assisted map-editing for point features with JOSM and Mapillary
Today, we’re introducing a new capability in the Mapillary plugin for JOSM, which allows for adding AI-detected map features using an accelerated workflow. Objects that were detected from Mapillary street level imagery can now be added to the map with just a few clicks.
December 09, 2020
Turn a Tesla into a mapping vehicle with Mapillary
Tesla vehicles have often been described as “computers on wheels”. They also include cameras for assisted driving features. In the Mapillary community, these features have raised the question whether the imagery from the car’s cameras could be collected and uploaded to Mapillary. In this post, we p…
December 01, 2020
Microsoft Open Maps: Using Mapillary to improve OpenStreetMap in Serbia
Over the last couple of years the Microsoft Open Maps team in Serbia has been very busy. They've contributed over 1,000,000 images on 8,000 km of roads. They've also validated 300,000 traffic signs and made more than 4,000 traffic sign related edits in OSM.
November 19, 2020
The Latest and Greatest for Mapillary in OSM iD for November 2020
Finding and navigating Mapillary images in iD Editor has been significantly improved. Chris walks through these latest improvements.
November 05, 2020
Introducing the Quality Score - Automated image quality estimation
Today we are announging the introduction of the Quality Score that allows you to filter images that have been automatically categorised for their usefulness.
October 29, 2020
The evolving camera landscape and our 2020 recommendations.
The hardware landscape for street-level image capable cameras has improved substanially since Mapillary began. We'd like to share our latest thoughts on different camera types and the models we recommend.
Mapillary Frequently Asked Questions
When was Mapillary founded?
Mapillary was founded in 2013.
Who are Mapillary key executives?
Mapillary's key executives are Johan Gyllenspetz, Yubin Kuang and Janine Yoong.
How many employees does Mapillary have?
Mapillary has 17 employees.
Who are Mapillary competitors?
Competitors of Mapillary include StoryM, Sportsman Tracker and Matrix-Geo.
Where is Mapillary headquarters?
Mapillary headquarters is located at Bredgatan 4, Malmö.
Where are Mapillary offices?
Mapillary has offices in Malmö, West Hollywood, Brooklyn and Graz.
How many offices does Mapillary have?
Mapillary has 5 offices.
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