Mapillary co-founders were Jan Erik Solem, Johan Gyllenspetz, Peter Neubauer and Yubin Kuang.

[2][non-primary source needed] According to Solem, Mapillary was founded to allow crowdsourcing of street-level imagery for use with computer vision.

[6] In March 2016, it raised $8M additional funding (Atomico, Sequoia, LDV Capital, and PlayFair) for expanded operations, including more computer vision talent and a San Francisco office.

[7][8] In spring 2018, the company received $15M investment led by BMW i Ventures for a total estimated funding of $25M.

Mapillary offers different capturing modes including walking, riding (either a bike or car), or panorama.

On the other hand, contributors can sort through the various tasks listed on the beta and work on whatever projects are interesting and feasible.

As a side note, because the tool is currently in beta, users have to send requests to be reviewed by Mapillary administrators, rather than having the autonomy to post whatever task you want assistance with.