To test out Flickr’s new geotagging feature, I just finished up “mapping” all our 251 Club photos with Flickr. For a first attempt, they’ve done a great job of making it easy to geotag photos. It isn’t always great at finding street addresses (in Vermont at least), but the drag-and-drop functionality is very smooth.
Another annoyance is that, in order for the map to be useable, they have to limit the number of photos that are shown on any given map. They seem to be very conservative with how many dots per page they show. This means you have to page through all the photos, which takes time to refresh. So the process is a bit slow.
As more people geotag photos, this has the potential of providing a way to find interesting sites in particular areas.
Click here for my geotagged photos around Vermont.
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Living in the UK I was shocked at how bad Yahoo! Maps are…!
There’s almost no definition for major populated areas, except the odd railway line….!
Very tricky to get it right, but people are trying!
Comment by Rob McDougall 11.12.06 @ 4:50 pmLeave a comment
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Flickr geotagging interface is brilliant, but Yahoo Maps coverage of most of the World is poor.
If you prefer Google Maps for mapping photos, Panoramio, may be interesting for you. Btw, you can later watch the photos in Google Earth KML feed, a much better experience than web based maps.
Here you can see Vermont in Panoramio:
http://www.panoramio.com/map/#lt=44.363133&ln=-72.619629&z=9&k=2&a=1
Eduardo
Comment by Eduardo Manchon 09.14.06 @ 10:08 am