Seznam.cz made accessible nearly 14,000 kilometers covering most of the major cities of the Czech Republic, and at the same time the first part of the western third of the republic, namely the stí nad Labem and Karlovy Vary regions and the eské Budějovice region.
In total, there are 2.8 million new panoramic images. Image resolution has increased by about three times compared to the previous solution, now each sub-image has 14,400 x 7,200 pixels. The images for Seznam were taken and then completely processed by the Dutch company Cyclomedia. Additional data will be added gradually as released by the supplier.
“We are pleased to be able to overcome the delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic. In addition to later shooting and shortened filming seasons, we work with suppliers to address other technical challenges, such as data anonymization. Cyclomedia must learn to automatically identify human faces that are half-covered by a veil or face mask at runtime,” explains Jan Kunz, the service’s service manager. mapy.cz.
He added that the Dutch company for Seznam.cz and its services captured a total of 38,000 kilometers of Czech territory last year.
“This year, Cyclomedia’s world-leading image data collection and processing fleet will start appearing on the roads in early April. There should be about ten cars on the field at the same time,” concluded Kunz.
Example of a new panoramic image on Mapy.cz
Photo: Mapy.cz
