2026-08-28 –, Guadeloupe Language: English
Panoramax started a few years ago in France, initiated by OpenStreetMap France and IGN.
This project is part of the OSM family, because ground level pictures are so useful for OSM mappers.
This talk will provide an overview of the project, how it works, the full open-source approach, the decentralization and federation, and will describe the next steps, including the launch of the Panoramax Foundation.
Fully open-source, collaborative, decrentralized and federated ground level imagery for all
Talk keywords:panoramax, imagery
OSM contributor since 2009, founder of OpenStreetMap France in 2011.
Part of the team that takes care of OpenStreetMap France servers and several services (for example the french and humanitarian basemaps, uMap, etc.).
Initiator of several project like OpenEventDatabase, opendatArchives, OpenSolarMap... and Minitel museum !
Currently fully dedicated to the Panoramax project.
Adrien has been an OpenStreetMap contributor since 2010 and is specialized in software development for GIS and open data. He has developed tools such as GeoDataMine, YoHours and OpenLevelUp, and is involved in the development of Panoramax. As a freelance entrepreneur and founding member of the Federation of OpenStreetMap Professionals (FPOSM), he promotes OpenStreetMap to a wide range of organizations (local authorities, businesses and associations).