Comments on: It’s about time, Flickr http://blogs.smugmug.com/don/2006/08/28/its-about-time-flickr/ Thought stream from SmugMug's CEO & Chief Geek Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:18:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-hemorrhage hourly 1 By: smugblog: Don MacAskill » Blog Archive » Flickr doesn’t suck. http://blogs.smugmug.com/don/2006/08/28/its-about-time-flickr/#comment-7227 smugblog: Don MacAskill » Blog Archive » Flickr doesn’t suck. Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:42:54 +0000 http://blogs.smugmug.com/onethumb/2006/08/28/its-about-time-flickr/#comment-7227 [...] Kord Campbell, CEO of Zoto.com, seems to think Flickr sucks. It doesn’t. His point is that the rest of us didn’t get enough credit when Flickr finally introduced geotagging. He mentions that Zoto, SmugMug, and Zooomr have had geotagging for years. He’s right, but who cares? [...] [...] Kord Campbell, CEO of Zoto.com, seems to think Flickr sucks. It doesn’t. His point is that the rest of us didn’t get enough credit when Flickr finally introduced geotagging. He mentions that Zoto, SmugMug, and Zooomr have had geotagging for years. He’s right, but who cares? [...]

]]> By: garyjwood http://blogs.smugmug.com/don/2006/08/28/its-about-time-flickr/#comment-7157 garyjwood Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:38:28 +0000 http://blogs.smugmug.com/onethumb/2006/08/28/its-about-time-flickr/#comment-7157 As is typical with Flickr, it's a really nice UI -- a smooth integration of the Organizr interface and Yahoo! maps. Soon there will be no more need for those "geotagged/geo:lat/geo:lon" entries cluttering the tagclouds. But Yahoo! maps is a big limitation for those of us outside the US. Even though they share the same boundary and road network data with Google (i.e., TeleAtlas and NAVTEQ), the latter has much better satellite coverage worldwide. I don't think it sounds the death knell for loc.alize.us or blockrocker just yet. As is typical with Flickr, it’s a really nice UI — a smooth integration of the Organizr interface and Yahoo! maps. Soon there will be no more need for those “geotagged/geo:lat/geo:lon” entries cluttering the tagclouds.

But Yahoo! maps is a big limitation for those of us outside the US. Even though they share the same boundary and road network data with Google (i.e., TeleAtlas and NAVTEQ), the latter has much better satellite coverage worldwide. I don’t think it sounds the death knell for loc.alize.us or blockrocker just yet.

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