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Comparison of 360 Cameras on Mapillary
Posted by radiotrefoil on 28 August 2022 in English. Last updated on 26 June 2025.The following is an incomplete list of 360 camera sequence examples by model on Mapillary, along with some comments, with respect to the image quality and price of the camera. This will be an ongoing work in progress.
| Camera | Example | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| GoPro Fusion | Radiotrefoil | Image clarity much worse near stitch line between hemispheres but overall quite good |
| GoPro Max | 360ms; ademturkmen | Very similar performance to Fusion |
| NCTECH LTD iSTAR Pulsar | zaf3kala | Professional quality 11K spherical images, price unknown but assumed to be very high |
| LG Electronics LG-R105 | yoelt | Cheap option, offers OK results but a lot of text illegibile |
| HUAWEI VOG-L29 | lehestener | Invalid spherical image? |
| Insta360 One X2 | jkingsleya | Image quality doesn’t justify price of camera |
| Ricoh Theta SC | adam2 | |
| MADV/Xiaomi Madventure | gness | |
| Garmin VIRB 360 | max93600 |
Please feel free to help me add to this list and share your insights using the Google sheets link below. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ajTm_0fRKLHiGJS2TW0CNscbW4NItuyjkJxzU_kbLXg/edit?usp=sharing
The Mapillary GraphQL API can access metadata for camera make/model, however it is an undocumented feature and lately I have been getting “access denied” error even when using my API token. If anyone knows a workaround please comment.
Discussion
Comment from o_andras on 1 September 2022 at 10:40
Wouldn’t the wiki be a better place? There are some pages comparing hardware used for OSM things already.
Comment from radiotrefoil on 1 September 2022 at 12:16
@o_andras This was intended to be more of an informal appendix for my other diary post here: @2hu4u/diary/399857
Comment from 4004 on 4 September 2022 at 20:03
Chris Beddow (of Mapillary) has been using the Labpano Pilot recently, and I was quite disappointed with output for the price. All consumer 360 cameras are rubbish for detail, so I use a 4 GoPro setup instead. Not seamless, but much better, and ofter an easier workflow. To get anything useful in 360, you need to start looking at Insta360 Pro/Pro2
Comment from o_andras on 12 September 2022 at 12:56
@2hu4u I see. I was only commenting on your appeal to cooperate because for that the wiki would very much be a better place (better discoverability, anyone can contribute, and no need to go through Google).
Comment from radiotrefoil on 12 September 2022 at 13:03
@o_andras Ah, thanks, I will consider it, probably when the list gets longer. I’ll do some more work on it soon. Cheers