![]() ![]() Just like we're not at the stage where most cameras can add a location stamp as easily as they can add a timestamp, we're not yet at the stage where most folks are going to start with an online map when they want to share their photos or reminisce.Ĭollectively, the sites I checked show the potential of geotagging-but also the rough spots. Google's Picasa site can show a map sprinkled with thumbnails of a photo album's pictures.īut as with other aspects of geotagging, today's cartographically clever Web sites are likely to appeal chiefly to enthusiasts who have some patience and technical abilities. But can anything useful be done with those geotagged photos today?īased on my scrutiny of a handful of sites- Google's Picasa, Yahoo's Flickr, SmugMug (the only fee-required site), Locr, and Everytrail-the answer is yes. I'm betting that much of the value of geotagging lies in the future, for example, when I might have a harder time remembering which hike a particular picture came from. ![]() Readers of this blog will have inferred I'm a fan of geotagging-in fact, I'm trying to label all my photos with the tags that show where the picture was taken, even though the geotagging process is complicated.
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