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Upload photos to Panoramio straight from your iPhone!

October 20th, 2009 by Fernando Delgado

Tens of millions of mobile users own a device with a good camera and GPS. We realize that a lot of these users may want to share photos of places with the rest of the world via Google Maps and Google Earth.
Today, we’re taking a first step toward making that possible, which is why I’m […]

Some changes in the site after maintenance work

September 20th, 2009 by Eduardo Manchón

In the previous post I announced that Panoramio will be in maintenance for around 48 hours starting on Sunday September 20th 12:00 GMT (13:00 Continental Europe, 05:00, San Francisco, 21:00 Beijing).
After that maintenance work the site will be back to normality on Tuesday around 12:00 GMT with some minor changes and removed limitations. All […]

Maintenance work for 48 hours starting on Sunday September 20th

September 18th, 2009 by Eduardo Manchón

We have to do some maintenance work in Panoramio for 48 hours starting on Sunday September 20th around 12:00 GMT (13:00 Continental Europe, 05:00, San Francisco, 21:00 Beijing).
During this period of time you will not be able to sign-in in Panoramio. This means that anything that requires to sign-in (upload photos, add a comment, […]

Winners of Panoramio Contest of July 2009

September 4th, 2009 by Eduardo Manchón

Finally the winner winners of the Panoramio monthly Contest for July 2009 edition. Those photos were uploaded in July and voted in August. The sponsor ATP will contact the winners via e-mail during the next 30 days in order to send the prizes.
First Prize of Scenery category

taken in Taiwan by 乾龍
First Prize of Heritage […]

Panoramio photos in Google Search

July 23rd, 2009 by Eduardo Manchón

You might have noticed it that since some weeks when you search for a location in Google search you get a map and some photos shared in Panoramio.
For example, when you search for Paris you get:

Try with other searches: Yellowstone National Park, Barcelona, New York or Moscow. It is really cool!

Winners of Panoramio Contest of May 2009

July 16th, 2009 by Eduardo Manchón

Finally the winner winners of the Panoramio monthly Contest for May 2009 edition. Those photos were uploaded in May and voted in June. The sponsor ATP will contact the winners via e-mail during the next 30 days in order to send the prizes.
First Prize of Scenery category

taken in UK by Happy Snapper UK
First Prize […]

Winners of Panoramio Contest of April 2009

July 2nd, 2009 by Eduardo Manchón

Finally the winner winners of the Panoramio monthly Contest for April 2009 edition. Those photos were uploaded in March and voted in April. The sponsor ATP will contact the winners via e-mail during the next 30 days in order to send the prizes.
First Prize of Scenery category

taken in Poland by T.Techlowiec
First Prize of Heritage […]

April’s update postponed and some other issues

May 7th, 2009 by Eduardo Manchón

Unfortunately due to technical issues the April’s update of Panoramio photos in Google Earth has been postponed to the end of May. The last weekly update was on April 25th adding photos up to ID 20980000 to Google Earth. The difference between the weekly update and the monthly one is that new added photos are […]

Winners of Panoramio Contest of March 2009

May 7th, 2009 by Eduardo Manchón

Here are the winners of the Panoramio monthly Contest for March 2009 edition. Those photos were uploaded in March and voted in April. The sponsor ATP (Mike Chean) will contact the winners via e-mail during the next 30 days in order to send the prizes.
First Prize of Scenery category

taken in India by bimands
First Prize […]

Winners of Panoramio Contest of February 2009

April 15th, 2009 by Eduardo Manchón

Here are the winners of the Panoramio monthly Contest for February 2009 edition. Those photos were uploaded in February and voted in March. The sponsor ATP (Mike Chean) will contact the winners via e-mail during the next 30 days in order to send the prizes.
First Prize of Scenery category

taken in Romania by Bubu-Pescar
First Prize […]