TechReview discusses in 'Putting Pictures in Their Place' how the popular photo-sharing website Flickr has made it easy to place pictures on a map--potentially changing Web search, travel, and local news:
'Adding location information to pictures has broad social implications, says Stewart Butterfield, founder and chief executive officer of Flickr. As more people geotag photos and more Flickr applications are built to take advantage of geotagging, he says, people will use the service in novel ways. For instance, geotagged pictures could complement traditional Web searching: a search for designer jeans might include the picture of a local boutique with a sale that day. For travel, he says, geotagged photos could let a person check on a destination before a flight is booked. And location-based search could redefine local news to include, say, an active construction project in a neighborhood.'
Another move towards geophysical navigated spaces...
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