Thing 16: Geotagging

This is pretty interesting. I don't use flickr much for my own photographs, but the geotagging seems like a good way to search for images of distinct places. For example, I am planning a trip to Tijuana in a few weeks and went to the map section of flickr, typed "Tijuana" in to the search engine and the map automatically shifted so Tijuana was centered. From there I could zoom in closer and closer to look at photographs from distinct neighborhoods. Geotagging works well for visual research about a place. However, the search also led to tons of photographs of people's cats. I can't believe how many cat pictures are floating around the internet. When I was doing some pre-trip research about Tijuana a few months ago, I came across this photograph on a website I can't even remember now. It was strange to see it on flickr again - the photographer's name is Nathan Gibbs. This geotagging also reminded me of this really interesting Ted Talk about a program called Sea Dragon and Photosynth. Super cool!