More Google Maps stuff coming in — thanks to Eduardo Manchon for the news of Panoramio's soft launch. I went and tooled around a bit and this is pretty fun. The photo pane at left updates in real-time as you scroll or zoom on the map. Clicking on an individual photo balloon displays the image in the right hand pane, plus two smaller images beneath of the Google Maps location as well as the satellite imagery for where that photo is located. Uploading a new photo is as simple as clicking a point on the map, entering a title, and hitting the Browse button to find your image. It's not as full-featured as something like Geobloggers, but conversely it's lightweight, ultra-intuitive to use and fast in a way Geobloggers isn't (much as I love it). The real-time image updating is nice — it feels very much like wandering about and finding interesting images. Of course, I have one mega request… integration with Flickr? Please? :)
1. Thanks for your post. We are glad you like Panoramio. Several people have asked us about Flickr integration as well. It seems clear how interesting it could be very for Flickr users not making necessary to upload the pics twice. We just launched Panoramio one week ago and we are very busy with bugs, browser compatibility and other stuff, but we are going to think about that very much.
Cheers,
Eduardo Manch?
Posted at 8:05PM on Dec 18th 2005 by Eduardo Manchon