Flickr + Google Maps = Geobloggers

May 17, 2005
4:33 am

I knew it was coming… but still, it’s incredibly exciting now that someone has done it. They’ve combined the photo-sharing goodness of Flickr with the mapping goodness of Google Maps. The result is Geobloggers.

Basically, you can “tag” your Flickr photos with the latitude and longitude where the photo was taken, and the photo will be displayed as a push pin on a Flickr/Google Maps combo. The icing on the cake is the awesome Greasemonkey script(s) that make it really simple to add these latitude and longitude tags to your photos. How easy? Watch.

step 1
Go to the Flickr photo, and click the 'add Geo Tags' link
step 2
Enter a zip code or an approximate address. This photo was taken at Busch Gardens, FL, so I entered in the nearest intersection, Busch and McKinley
step 3
This got me close, but I wanted to show where I was in the park when I took the photo. Doubleclick to recenter and set a more accurate position. Use zoom to be more accurate.
step 4
On the right, click the 'Add GeoTags to your Flickr image' link
step 5
Click 'Add Link to Description.' If this isn't your photo, and you are allowed to add tags, you could click the second button.
step 6
Notice that the geo tags have been added on the right. All you have to do now is click the 'GeoTagged' link in the description.
step 7
The image is now added to the Geobloggers database!

The whole process takes 10 to 15 seconds. I can’t wait to see what cool uses people find for this. This is practically begging for someone to use it to document a nationwide road trip.

116 Responses to “Flickr + Google Maps = Geobloggers”

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  1. steeev | May 17th, 2005 at 8:21 am:

    Very nice tutorial, Cheers! :D

    Steeev

  2. Aaron | May 18th, 2005 at 10:44 pm:

    Cool idea. I’d never seen Flickr before…

  3. Gibbon’s Garage linked on May 19th, 2005 at 1:53 am
  4. Ajay D'Souza | May 20th, 2005 at 5:20 am:

    Nice tut up there.

    Google Maps doesn’t work in India I think, so sadly this as of today isn’t any use to me :(

  5. Clean Slate » Walk through for using Geobloggers linked on May 20th, 2005 at 4:11 pm
  6. Tuesday's Child linked on May 21st, 2005 at 5:00 am
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  8. steeev | May 27th, 2005 at 11:53 am:

    hey dude, where did the visual walkthrough you made go? it was really cool :(

  9. Mark (post author) | May 27th, 2005 at 10:55 pm:

    Steeev,

    Argh! Looks like I broke my images display script inadvertently. I’ll look into it… thanks for the heads up.

  10. Mark (post author) | May 27th, 2005 at 11:13 pm:

    Fixed, Steev. Thanks again.

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  13. iProceed | June 22nd, 2005 at 5:29 pm:

    Consultants like us are watching this trend very closely. It seems to us that the next big thing might very well be “photos.” Almost anyone can take them and they are easy to take now that we have cell phone cameras. Plus, photos tell you much more than a long article. Writing content is only for those that have the talent for it but since a lot more people can take photos, it will bring new people to the world of content. I am excited.

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  23. Jens Schwoon | July 22nd, 2005 at 6:23 pm:

    hi. nice idea.the easiest way is to put the gps data of each picture into the picture directly.. so google maps will map it automatically..
    we made a little app for this.

    http://www.grazer.de

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    I guess if it really makes a value to tag images to geo coordinates :) … or no?

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