Geotagging photos
This article intrigued me. I think displaying pictures linked through a map of where they are taken is a cool presentation idea. It also would allow hacks like clicking a picture to bring up the relevant area in Google Maps. Apparently, a lot of the popular photo sites already have some support for this. I think the bigger use in my case might be to click on someone else’s pictures to see the surrounding location. It could also be used for cheap parlor tricks that are somewhat useful. Consider a hotel chain taking pictures of all it’s properties with geotags on the photos. Clicking on a photo adds the hotel property as the destination on Google Maps, Yahoo Maps, or some other route planner. Clicking on your own avatar that has tags for your home location plugs it in as the starting point of the trip. Perhaps planning a trip could be made by going through a list of interesting photos in a particular area. Clicking on individual photos adds them as waypoints on the trip. Hit print, and your driving directions are ready to go. Aside from “Click to Drive”, I’m not sure what popular uses this will be put to, but if this type of metadata takes hold, I am assuming that people will come up with some really innovative ideas. What would you use geotagging for?
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