Use your iPhone to put images on Google Maps
Ivan | Mon, 2009-07-20 11:24
If you're looking for something fun to do with your iPhone while hanging out start taking pictures of everything around you, then upload them to Panoramio.
Your iPhone will record the GPS coordinates with each picture automatically (this is called Geotagging). Using this info Panoramio will automatically know where you were standing when taking the photo and places the image on a world map. Your iPhoto will recognize the place where the picture was taken as well and also places it on the world map.
Google maps pick up these images automatically and they will slowly start appearing on Google Maps crediting you. It will take weeks for the photos to appear but you will know when they are up because on Panoramio every picture that is featured on Google Maps is marked with a small compass icon.
These seemingly less interesting photos may be very valuable to someone trying to get a feel of an area through Google Maps.
It's best not to have people as your subject of the photo unless the person is an important part of the scenery. Also, you should probably pick locations that are not already covered by Google Street View.
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The coming Zunephone will do this too, only better!
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I'm sure it will, in 2010. Hahaha
A great idea for businesses to start geotagging their business's so that people can see their business front:
1. so they can see it before they visit to know what they are looking for
2. so that people online can really know what the business looks like, and not be buying from some crap shack of a place..
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That's a good idea.
spanks, you could even do it for your blog :D
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Ivan, have you actually tried this? The iPhone data is not automatically used by Panoramio, you must still map the photo manually. There are other photo sites that have iPhone apps to upload and automap photos, but Panoramio is not one of them.
I'm always open to correction if you know some trick to make it work.
I have tried it and it's automatic. Here are my test photos, I haven't mapped any of them manually: http://www.panoramio.com/user/3294943
I have a iphone 3g. Panoramio will not automatically map from DCIM folder.
I have the same iPhone. It does for me. Have you update the iPhone software yet?
I am new at this. It looks like I should place my reply here. It works. I was confused by the upload interface. The question asked " What City or something like that ". So I assumed they were not tagged.This morning when I viewed the pics in my profile, I see the photos are Geotagged.
Thanks,
James
What sites ?
It works !