New project aims to combine Flickr, Google Earth, and “spatial location”
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An innovative an dinteresting venture by the University of Southern California called Viewfinder seeks to spatially locate 2D photos within a 3D environment like Google Earth. The end result places the pictures within Google Earth so that they seamlessly integrate within their environment. Can’t picture it? Just check out the video after the jump, and check out the site for more information on how it works.
The goal is to eventually create a service that basically mixes something like Flickr with Google Earth, enabling users to view and post photos within their virtual environment. Flickr currently allows for geotagging, but viewing the photos within their environment adds tons of more fun to the idea.
Perhaps Flickr should think about expanding its photo services instead of adding video, which it is trying to do right now, since Flickr users seem to hate the presence of moving photos on the Yahoo owned site. It seems a partnership with Viewfinder and Google Earth would be a better move, and — since Yahoo’s busy intermingling with all sorts of companies right now — why not?
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