<s>
KartaView	B-Application
,	O
formerly	O
called	O
OpenStreetView	O
and	O
OpenStreetCam	B-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
project	O
to	O
collect	O
crowdsourced	O
street-level	O
photographs	O
for	O
improving	O
OpenStreetMap	O
operated	O
by	O
Grab	O
Holdings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Collected	O
imagery	O
is	O
published	O
under	O
a	O
CC	O
BY-SA	O
license	O
and	O
while	O
is	O
released	O
as	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
,	O
much	O
of	O
it	O
(	O
most	O
notably	O
,	O
the	O
mobile	O
app	O
)	O
still	O
require	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
to	O
function	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
alternative	O
platforms	O
that	O
offer	O
street	B-Application
view	I-Application
like	O
Google	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contributors	O
gather	O
imagery	O
with	O
their	O
smartphones	O
using	O
an	O
Android	B-Application
or	O
iOS	B-Application
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
KartaView	B-Application
app	O
supports	O
using	O
an	O
OBD-II	O
dongle	O
plugged	O
into	O
the	O
vehicle	O
;	O
in	O
concert	O
with	O
the	O
mobile	O
device	O
's	O
GPS	O
,	O
KartaView	B-Application
can	O
derive	O
more	O
accurate	O
image	O
locations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenStreetMap	O
editors	O
can	O
access	O
KartaView	B-Application
images	O
using	O
the	O
iD	B-Application
editor	I-Application
or	O
JOSM	B-Application
plugin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KartaView	B-Application
's	O
purpose	O
resembles	O
that	O
of	O
Mapillary	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
difference	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
is	O
that	O
KartaView	B-Application
's	O
web	O
and	O
mobile	O
apps	O
are	O
at	O
least	O
partially	O
open-source	B-Application
(	O
although	O
no	O
functioning	O
open-source	B-Application
app	I-Application
can	O
be	O
built	O
at	O
least	O
since	O
December	O
2017	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
requirement	O
of	O
other	O
proprietary	B-Application
components	O
)	O
,	O
whereas	O
Mapillary	B-Application
mobile	O
app	O
does	O
not	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
even	O
that	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KartaView	B-Application
also	O
makes	O
it	O
easier	O
for	O
user	O
to	O
delete	O
their	O
uploaded	O
photos	O
in	O
case	O
they	O
change	O
their	O
mind	O
about	O
contributing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KartaView	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2009	O
as	O
OpenStreetView	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
TeleNav	B-Application
took	O
over	O
the	O
openstreetview.org	O
domain	O
and	O
started	O
its	O
own	O
service	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
OpenStreetCam	B-Application
after	O
an	O
intervention	O
by	O
an	O
unnamed	O
trademark	O
holder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
12	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
TeleNav	B-Application
sold	O
OpenStreetCam	B-Application
to	O
Grab	O
Holdings	O
for	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
amount	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2020	O
,	O
OpenStreetCam	B-Application
became	O
KartaView	B-Application
.	O
</s>
