images.mapeak.comthe image store behind Mapeak

The photos people pin to places on the map are kept here.

When someone adds a picture to a place on Mapeak, this service stores it, and the place on OpenStreetMap keeps the picture's address in its image tag. There is nothing to browse at this address. Every picture is reached from the place it belongs to.

Reading an address

https://images.mapeak.com/3a7f9c2e1b4d0a95f60c2d3e4f501b6c.jpg?width=250

  1. idThe first 32 hex characters of the SHA-256 of the file. The same photo always gets the same id, and the photo behind an id never changes, so it can be cached forever.
  2. .jpgThe original, byte for byte as it was uploaded. Pictures can also be .png or .webp.
  3. ?width=A smaller copy, made the first time someone asks for it. Available widths: 100, 250, 330, 500, 960, 1920.
…/3a7f…6c
The credit page: the photo, who took it and its license. Link to this when you use a picture.
…/3a7f…6c.json
The same details as data.

Source

The service is open source under the MIT license. The code, how to run it and the issue tracker are at github.com/Mapeak-com/user-images, and the HTTP API is described at /api-docs.