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January 25, 2008
Panoramio Layer Adds 2 Million Photos
Eduardo has posted at the Panoramio Blog that their Google Earth layer (which is found under the Geographic Web layer folder in Google Earth) now boasts an additional 2 million photos! In November, they had increased the included photos to a total of 2.5 million. But, now the total is nearly double to 4.5 million photos! Eduardo notes in his post that they have now greatly reduced the lag between the time it takes to review photos posted at the Panoramio site - where they choose which ones get included in the layer. Also, they now have about 6.8 million total submitted photos at Panoramio. This photo collection is growing fast - and all the photos are tagged to a location!
So, turn on the Geographic Web layer in Google Earth (or open the folder by clicking on the "+" icon and turn on just the Panoramio layer). You will find more photos than ever all over the planet.
The Panoramio layer shows icons as little blue circles until you zoom in close enough where more icons may appear and the icons change to little cameras. Click on the placemark icons to see the photos. Click on the photos in the placemarks to visit the Panoramio site for full details and bigger versions of the photos. I find this an invaluable layer for getting a perspective about a place I'm interested in while viewing Google Earth. You not only get the satellite photos of GE, but also perspectives from many people all over the world for almost any location you can imagine. Sometimes the photos are very unique taken from planes, kites, sides of buildings, or even underwater.
Another way to view the photos included in the Panoramio layer is to download the Panoramio popular photos network link. In this version, the placemark icons are actually miniature versions of the photos themselves. Zoom in to a different location and pause for a few seconds and it will load a new set of photos from that location.
Posted by FrankTaylor at January 25, 2008 10:55 AM
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Posted by: Bill Hobson at January 27, 2008 12:14 AM
I have the same problem with images either not loading at all or only partially loading. It's very annoying.
Posted by: Brent at January 28, 2008 03:15 AM
Use in Off line condition ?
Posted by: Mr.N at February 5, 2008 01:25 AM
I have the same issue. I'm connected but when I click a camera icon I get grey boxes instead of the images.
Posted by: Wykah at March 14, 2008 09:49 PM
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I have a question, and cannot find the answer anywhere on the Google Earth Site. I just downloaded the most recient update for Google Earth, and now when I click on the "blue dot" pictures, they rarely load completely, usually partially load or don't load at all. Can someone tell me what's up, and how to fix it?
Thank you so much.