Although the preferred way to contribute to Mapillary is to upload geotagged images, it is also possible to upload videos to Mapillary. In that case, the video will be turned into images during the process. This is useful for situations when you are capturing for more than Mapillary purposes—like when you are using a dashcam and want to upload dashcam videos.
The video uploader currently resides on the Mapillary legacy web and requires that you have a video file in mp4 format (max 4 GB file size) and an accompanying .gpx file with GPS information. When uploading, make sure their starting points are synchronized. To not lose any frames, you should make sure that your GPX track is at least as long as the video (start recording the GPX first, then video; and stop video first, then GPX).
Our system will harvest images from the video and turn them into sequences. Due to this extra step, it can take a bit longer compared to a regular upload until you see your images on the map (up to a day). We suggest that you keep the length of your videos under 15-20 minutes for easier uploading.
Take a look at the video tutorial below to see how the process goes.
For a swifter upload process or uploading videos to an organization profile, please check out our command line tools. These tools will also let you upload video files with embedded GPS information so you don't need to spend time extracting the .gpx file from your video.
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What is maximum supported video resolution and recommended framerate?
4Gb file size limit seems to be slightly too little compared to how Sony action cameras split videos as 4GB parts. Would it be possible to raise the limit?
Hi Jukka! Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this!
The 4GB `web upload` limit is a function of computer hardware: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ieinternals/2011/03/10/file-upload-and-download-limits/
We actually do support these larger formats through our command line tools if this is something that you'd like to familiarize yourself with.
On the same note, I wanted to take the opportunity to vote for, if possible, taking sequences of images rather than video. When you upload videos to Mapillary we extract frames from the video, which affects the image resolution more or less depending on the camera.
Let us know if you have any more questions!
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