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Archive for May, 2007

Google agrees to acquire Panoramio

May 31st, 2007 by Eduardo Manchón

We are very (and we mean very) happy to announce that Panoramio will be acquired by Google.
The integration of photos from Panoramio in Google Earth has been so successful since John Hanke suggested it that we see the acquisition of Panoramio as a natural consequence. We have tightened our relationship with Google Earth more and […]

Four years ago I was in Potosi (Bolivia) and I took some photos from its beautiful colonial buildings. When I uploaded those photos to Panoramio some years later I had some problems mapping them. I could not remember the exact position of those photos, especially because the satellite images were not that detailed at that […]

Since almost the beginning of the project we received requests for to provide an API. However the last months, specially after reaching the first million of photos, the number of requests rocketed and we realized we should do it. Now Panoramio API is ready.
In any site where location matters photos from Panoramio can help. […]