Mapillary Hires Award Winning Computer Vision Team to Lead New Research Lab in Graz, Austria

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Mapillary Hires Award Winning Computer Vision Team to Lead New Research Lab in Graz, Austria

MALMO, SWEDEN — (Marketwired) — 05/19/16 — , a community-based photomapping platform, today announced the hire of Peter Kontschieder as head of a new research lab located in Graz, Austria. The lab will focus on exploring advanced computer vision techniques that will enhance Mapillary–s cutting-edge image recognition technology."Graz has a thriving cluster of artificial intelligence research and talent, so it was a natural choice for us," said Jan Erik Solem, CEO of Mapillary. &quo

Mapillary–s GoPro Connectivity Takes Maps Off the Beaten Path and Into the Hands of the Adventurer

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Mapillary–s GoPro Connectivity Takes Maps Off the Beaten Path and Into the Hands of the Adventurer

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (Marketwired) — 04/14/16 — , a community-based photomapping platform, today announced a new update to its (NASDAQ: GPRO) connectivity, which allows photo mappers to control their GoPro cameras and record GPS coordinates of their photos."Many Mapillary members have been using GoPro cameras to capture their adventures since the beginning," said Jan Erik Solem, CEO of Mapillary. "So we wanted to make the process smoother for them."Mapillary has been prov