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Archive for July, 2008

Winners of Panoramio Contest of May 2008

July 25th, 2008 by Eduardo Manchón

Here are the winners of the Panoramio monthly Contest for May 2008 edition. Those photos were uploaded in May and voted in June. The sponsor ATP will contact the winners during the next days in order to send the prizes.
First Prize of Scenery category

taken in Colombia by (((Jose Daniel)))
First Prize of Heritage category

taken in Normandie […]

Creating “Look arounds” in Sao Miguel Island, Azores

July 25th, 2008 by Eduardo Manchón

Last year I discovered the beauty of Pico Island in Panoramio and I spent my holidays there. This year I decided to go for another island of the Azores, São Miguel, and again I was very impressed by a unique landscape. Pico was a rocky island dominated by the shape of the big volcano, […]

User created tools for Panoramio

July 3rd, 2008 by Eduardo Manchón

People who like Panoramio created some interesting tools that I would like to share with you. Check them out, they are very cool!
- PhotoTrack by Ryan Calhoun: allows you to track the times your photos have been viewed
- Panoramio Random Gallery Viewer by Andre Speek
- Photo Finder Widget by Piet Jonas: to embeed a small […]

New update: 750,000 new photos added to Google Earth

July 3rd, 2008 by Eduardo Manchón

Yesterday photos up to ID 10760000 have been added to Google Earth, that means around 750,000 new photos improving the experience in Google Earth.
The next update will be around August 10th and will include photos reviewed before July 27th.