http://www.panoramio.com/blog Development of Panoramio, a mash-up of Google Maps and geopositioned photos Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:34:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Since some minutes ago you can submit your photos uploaded in April to the Panoramio contest. Those photos will have the link "submit to the contest" and can be voted in when they will get the "vote" button. You can vote for the photos uploaded in March until the end ... http://www.panoramio.com/blog/now-you-can-submit-your-photos-uploaded-in-april-to-the-contest/ We want to celebrate the 5 million shared photos in Panoramio in Google Earth with a Panoramio meeting in Barcelona. In some weeks we will have meetings in London and Paris. The information about the meeting in Barcelona below in Spanish language. -------------- Queremos celebrar los 5 millones de fotos compartidas ... http://www.panoramio.com/blog/panoramio-meeting-in-barcelona-encuentro-panoramio-en-barcelona-el-8-de-mayo-de-2008/ On Monday April 7th Google Earth updated the Panoramio layer adding around 300,000 new photos, that was earlier than we expected (April 12th). Selected images up to ID 8,620,000 are now in Google Earth. The next update will be online on May 25th and will include photos reviewed until May ... http://www.panoramio.com/blog/new-update-around-300000-photos-added-to-google-earth/ Today we have launched the geotagging monthly contest in Panoramio sponsored by ATP. Rules: - To participate simply use the link "Submit to the contest" located under each photo and choose one category. - Users can submit as many photos as they want, but there is only one prize per person. - One photo ... http://www.panoramio.com/blog/geotagging-contest-in-panoramio/ Today Google Earth updated the Panoramio layer adding around 600,000 new photos. Selected images up to ID 7,980,000 are now in Google Earth. The next update is on April 12th and will include photos reviewed until March 26th. Yesterday we moved to a new server and the site was not ... http://www.panoramio.com/blog/new-update-around-600000-new-photos-from-panoramio-added-to-google-earth/ We just released a new header for Panoramio: Now you can explore the World and find any place in our planet from every page in Panoramio.com. The access to "Your photos", Places and Tags are more visible with the new design. Also the link to the settings is more accessible. ... http://www.panoramio.com/blog/new-header/ Today we made some improvements in the search enginge of Panoramio's homepage and the World Map. Now you can search for: - Streets in some countries: "Third Avenue, New York", "Ramblas, Barcelona". - Landmarks: "Eiffel Tower", "Mount Fuji" or "Cape of Good Hope" - Names in different languages: Saragossa/Zaragoza, Nueva York/New ... http://www.panoramio.com/blog/new-search-engine/ Saving Private Ryan maybe is the most realistic film ever made about the landing of the Allied forces in German-occupied France on June 6th 1944, but with so many explosions and fast camera movements you can't really see the place at the film. This mini-panoramio can help you with that: ... http://www.panoramio.com/blog/the-d-day-and-omaha-beach/ You might have seen on TV see images of the sarcophagus that covers the reactor number 4 from Chernobyl Nuclear Plant that exploded in the accident, but this mini-panoramio gives you a wider perspective: Actually there is not very much to see around the plant, but what is really amazing ... http://www.panoramio.com/blog/chernobyl-and-the-abandoned-city-of-prypiat-in-ukranie/ I never expected such a resolution for a relatively unkown place as Forte São João Baptista in Ibo island in Mozambique: But I was even more surprised after discovering that my friend eSHa took a photo right there. It feels almost like touching these guns with the hands. http://www.panoramio.com/blog/forte-sao-joao-baptista/