APPROACHES FOR COMPRESSING AND DISTRIBUTING IMAGE DATA

1 . A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform:

obtaining a set of images representing a view of a geographic region to be compressed, the set of images including a first image and a second image;

generating a first image file based on the set of images, wherein the first image is encoded in a first color channel associated with the image file, and wherein the second image is encoded in a second color channel associated with the image file;

generating a video file based at least in part on the image file; and

providing the video file to a client device over one or more computer networks.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the set of images includes a third image, and wherein the third image is encoded in a third color channel associated with the image file.

3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the first, second, and third images are grayscale images.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the system to perform:

generating a first set of tiles that segment a first wide-area motion image of a portion of the geographic region;

generating a second set of tiles that segment a second wide-area motion image of the portion of the geographic region;

wherein the first wide-area motion image corresponds to a tile in the first set of tiles; and

wherein the second wide-area motion image corresponds to a tile in the second set of tiles.

5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the first wide-area motion image and the second wide-area motion image were captured successively in time.

6 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the first wide-area motion image and the second wide-area motion image correspond to a particular zoom level at which the geographic region was imaged.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein generating the video file further causes the system to perform:

generating a first video frame of the video file based on the image file.

8 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the instructions further cause the system to perform:

generating a second image file based on a second set of images; and

generating a second video frame of the video file based on the second image file.

9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the system to perform:

associating the video file with the geographic region and a timestamp indicating when the set of images were captured; and

storing the video file.

10 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the instructions further cause the system to perform:

determining a request for image data associated with the geographic region from a second client device;

determining the stored video file satisfies the request from the second client device; and

providing the video file to the second client device over one or more computer networks.

11 . A computing device comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to perform:

accessing an encoded video file, wherein a first video frame of the encoded video file encodes a first image file;

extracting the first image file from the first video frame of the encoded video file, wherein the first image file encodes at least a first tile of a first tiled frame in a first color channel and a first tile of a second tiled frame in a second color channel;

extracting at least the first tile of the first tiled frame and the first tile of the second tiled frame from the first image file; and

providing access to at least the first tile of the first tiled frame and the first tile of the second tiled frame.

12 . The computing device of claim 11 , wherein the first image file encodes a first tile of a third tiled frame in a third color channel.

13 . The computing device of claim 11 , wherein the first image file is a Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) image file.

14 . The computing device of claim 11 , wherein the first tile of the first tiled frame and the first tile of the second tile frame are in grayscale.

15 . The computing device of claim 11 , wherein the first tile of the first tiled frame and the first tile of the second tile frame are captured successively in time.

16 . A computer-implemented method, wherein the method is performed using one or more processors, the method comprising:

accessing, by the one or more processors, an encoded video file, wherein a first video frame of the encoded video file encodes a first image file;

extracting, by the one or more processors, the first image file from the first video frame of the encoded video file, wherein the first image file encodes at least a first tile of a first tiled frame in a first color channel and a first tile of a second tiled frame in a second color channel;

extracting, by the one or more processors, at least the first tile of the first tiled frame and the first tile of the second tiled frame from the first image file; and

providing, by the one or more processors, access to at least the first tile of the first tiled frame and the first tile of the second tiled frame.

17 . The computer-implemented method of claim 16 , wherein the first image file encodes a first tile of a third tiled frame in a third color channel.

18 . The computer-implemented method of claim 16 , wherein the first image file is a Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) image file.

19 . The computer-implemented method of claim 16 , wherein the first tile of the first tiled frame and the first tile of the second tile frame are in grayscale.

20 . The computer-implemented method of claim 16 , wherein the first tile of the first tiled frame and the first tile of the second tile frame are captured successively in time.