This is interesting, as much for the American understanding of geography
as anything else. The options are all the US states or 'rest of the
world', which says something itself; and I find, looking at Scotland,
that it has 'Russia' writ large over the North Sea... 'Glasgow' is not
listed in the city search facility...
Still, it is a good idea which could grow into something...
John Wood
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Topics of the day:
1. GIS and photos online
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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 09:35:44 -0000
From: "Lee, Edmund" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: GIS and photos online
FISH folk might be interested to see this new website which allows
subscribers to upload photos and link them via GPS co-ordinates to an
online map. Mostly US sites, but an interesting use of the technology.
This is from the lastest issue of the Internet Scout Report (see thier
website (below) for details.
Edmund
English Heritage
GeoSnapper
http://www.geosnapper.com
These days everyone wants to put photos up on the web, whether they be
from a family BBQ or if they have a certain penchant for a particular
far-flung locale. This novel site serves as "the birthplace of GPS
photograph," as users can take their photographs, mark the GPS (Global
Positioning System) coordinates of where the photograph was taken, and
place them on this site for the world to view. As the site comments,
"Wouldn't it be great if you could share an experience with someone and
give them the means to go and get that experience for themselves?"
Currently on GeoSnapper there are close to 1000 photographs available
for viewing, culled from places such as Baffin Island, Las Vegas, and
the Oregon coast. Not surprisingly, the interactive mapping interface is
quite good, and users can also rate the photographs, post questions or
comments to a number of forums, and search the entire photograph
collection. [KMG]
>From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2003.
http://scout.wisc.edu/
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