Exploring object detections on the Mapillary web app

If you're unsure on what an object detection is, make sure to check out our article on object detections.

How can I view object detections?

Object detections can be seen by clicking into an image on the Mapillary web app, however first you must toggle them on.

Only object detections associated with point and traffic sign map features can be viewed via the web app at this time.

To toggle on the ability to see these detections in Mapillary imagery, navigate to the 'Map data' pop-up on the upper-left side of the view. 

Toggle on either traffic signs, points, or both, as seen in the screenshot above. Now you will able to see both object detections within images and map features placed on the map! Click into any image on Mapillary to start exploring object detections.

You can hover over a given detection to see it's type. Detections are color coded, so detections of the same color will translate to the same class. 

How can I integrate Mapillary object detections into my own workflows?

To query, download, and process Mapillary object detections, you must use the Mapillary API or the Mapillary Python SDK (which is powered by the API).

Currently, the API supports two different end points for object detections—you can retrieve object detections via an image idea or a map feature id.

See the full documentation of the API. To see an example on how to use the Mapillary API to obtain all object detections within a sequence, see the Mapillary API FAQ.