The Most Popular Photo Spots in the World's Most Popular Cities

[ELinder]

Found this on Gizmodo: http://gizmodo.com/5559037/maps-of-the-best-spots-to-take-photos-in-79-cities

If you go to the Flickr page there are very large images for Disneyland and Orlando. The creepy part is that there is a single dot exactly where my apartment building is. I thought I saw someone outside my window with a camera. ;

Erich

 

[Scottwdw]

A world wide map of Kodak Picture Spots. ; You got a sign out in front of your apartment building, Erich? ; ;D

 

[Dan]

I'm a little surprised to see so many geotagged images in the wild. ; I knew they were out there, but I just didn't expect to see so many.

I was a little puzzled to see the points linked together to form tracks. ; I'm not sure that's a good idea, it makes popular areas a vector mess where you can't make out individual photo points and also assumes straight travel from picture to picture. ; I guess it's interesting in that it sort of tells the story of individual photographers on individual days, that is kind of an interesting idea.

The attempt to separate pictures into those taken by tourists and those taken by locals is interesting. ; I'm not sure how much trust I put in the sorting methodology, I wonder if some regular Disney visitors, for instance, might show up as locals of Orlando.

But I wish the maps covered more area. ; I'd like to see such a map of the area where I live to see what touristy things we have around here, or more to the point to just try to find surprising photo hotspots. ; Maybe I could find some interesting things that I didn't know existed that way.

I guess I can still use Flickr's map view to find individual photo points.

 

[ELinder]

One of the most interesting things about these maps/images are seeing places you are familiar with. A few times, I've been surprised by where a hot spot is.

Erich