If you've used Google Earth you may have noticed some blue dots in various places around the world. Clicking on one of these dots brings up a photo taken from that particular location of the view or other point of interest. A few months ago I looked more closely at the blue dots and found that the photos they show are from a website called Panoramio.
It turns out that anyone can create an account, upload photos to the site, and tag where in the world they were taken. These photos are then considered by the Panoramio folk and viewed by other users; the approved ones are then sent to Google for inclusion in the Google Earth database.
So, I uploaded a photo of Southampton Common a few months ago and tagged its location. I then forgot about it until a couple of weeks ago when I looked and found that my photo is now in Google Earth. This is a definite claim to fame for Bee, as she's in the photo, and for myself as it says Photograph by matkins at the bottom right.
To see it for yourself: start up Google Earth, enter Southampton Common in the Fly To search bar at the top left, and click on the blue dot in the middle on the common. You'll need the box by Geographic Web under Layers ticked in order to see the blue dots.
1 comment:
Yay! I'm famous :-) That photo is a good one, and is of one of my favourite places!
I like your blog, it looks proper shiny xxx
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