One camera angle rarely tells the whole story.
An object hidden behind a vehicle for one person might be clearly visible to someone standing across the street.
That's why multi-view ingestion in @vangrid_io makes sense to me.
Independent contributors can capture the same place from different positions, heights and times.
Those perspectives can then support each other rather than relying on a single observation.
Sometimes better spatial data isn't about having a better camera.
It's about having more independent eyes on the same place.
When I hear “edge node,” I usually imagine specialized hardware installed somewhere.
@vangrid_io takes a much simpler approach.
An edge node is a contributor's phone running the Vangrid capture app.
No dedicated sensor fleet to ship.
No complicated installation.
No new hardware sitting on a street corner.
People already carry the sensors.
That means the network can expand by increasing participation rather than deploying physical infrastructure everywhere.
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