Geotags.org > How to use flickr as a geocoder
[geobloggers] People enter tags for photos into flickr and people enter the location of those photos via a map (or GPS data). Which is effectively mapping tags to location and in this instance the photos are incidental (that’s left to Fotoland.us).
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Manskis Blog: Passend zum Posting von Markus bin ich heute auf zwei sehr nette Seiten gestoßen: Fotoland und Woophy (nein, nicht Whoopi Goldberg). Bei beiden Seiten kann man Fotos nach den Ort aussuchen, an denen sie geschossen wurden, z.B. (via Cosmos)
@dedip: Fotoland ha solamente dedicato un intero sito alla ricerca di foto attraverso le mappe di Google (Flickr invece utilizza le mappe di Yahoo). Per il momento non mi sembra così fornito, ne tanto meno dettagliato. (via Cosmos)
rexblog.com: Rex Hammocks weblog: First, let me say emphatically, those were NOT stripper poles — they were stabilization poles of the type one finds on a subway car. (via Cosmos)
Google Maps Mania: Once complete, use the lower window to zoom to another world location to compare the size! FlickrPhotos + Google Maps = Fotoland : Yes, there are a lot of Flickr Google Maps mashups.. (via Cosmos)
[Blog.flickr.com] FlickrBlog: Flickr's great for exploring photos by photographer, tag, time, text and group, and now it's also great for exploring photos by place. There are a couple of short video tutorials (or "screencasts") which give the 90 second overview on how to geotag your own photos and how to use all the controls for searching and exploring geotagged photos.
[Makezine.com] MAKE: Blog: HOW TO GPS Tag Photos: Flickr, Mappr, Google Earth....: It uses the fingerprint of a network you're on to create a global map of locations, called plazes. You can register networks, provide some geodata, and when you're online it'll check to see where you are, it also shows other plazes in your vicinity, as well as other people online.
[Bokardo.com] Bokardo - Social Web Design » Flickrs Geotags Feature: Wow!: Flickr, the popular photo-sharing web app, continues to innovate with their latest feature, geotagging. Geotagging allows people to attach location-based coordinates to photos they’ve taken, essentially adding location metadata to the picture so that everybody knows where it was taken.
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