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Adding Accuracy to Flickr Geotagging Maps
I have been getting quite frustrated with the Yahoo! maps that Flickr uses. The maps are great, when they have the mapping data. Which isn’t very often. In fact so rare the whole thing is pretty lame. Tagging pictures at the moment has all the accuracy of drunken pin the tail on the donkey. So I was real pleased when I saw this today on Utata
Perhaps the single greatest complaint regarding flickr’s new Geotagging functionality is the lack of street level coverage that yahoo maps provides for many regions of the world. In many regions outside North America it can be very frustrating to accurately place your photos. This frustration is often compounded by the fact that Google Maps may have extremely high resolution of that same area. Flickr responded to this need by opening up Geotagging data through the flickr API, allowing outside developers to add increased functionality on top of flickr’s maps. Within a day of the API being open, Trippermap had already converted to the new system. Further, they have provided an online tutorial on how to use their service to geotag using Google Earth
While it won’t make the map experience any better currently, at least you know when they finally get the data your stuff will be in the right place.
Check out Trippermap and their online tutorial on how to use their service.
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Satellite Photography Update at Google Earth
Satellite photography fans will be pleased to know Google Earth just had another big data update according to Google Earth Blog. From the list of updates it seems mostly US-centric but other countries seem to have had improvements also including Japan, Netherlands, Germany, Austria and New Zealand.
I am pretty pleased one of my favourite Google Earth destinations, Calgary, is updated (allegedly) but a lot of British Columbia is still under cloud. I’m going to check my favourite destinations now…
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