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Wow! That’s was my first impression when I saw the satellite photo from Ayers Rock / Uluru, a red sandstone rock formation from central Australia. The rock is 346 metres high and has a perimeter of 8 km.

Ayers Rock appears to change colour around the day and year, as you can see in the […]

In Panoramio you can watch places through common people’s photos, not only typical postcards that always look artificial because of its perfection.
That’s impossible for Lofoten. Absolutely every single photo you take there looks unavoidably like a perfect post card. The nature there is so extremely beautiful there that you have no chance, but […]

Until now the speed of showing markers (green pins) in Google Maps was very slow, so we were very happy to hear from Google Maps API Blog an speed improvement of 55%.
Until now we could not even think about showing simultaneously many markers in a map. You can see a clear example of the […]

Geocoded photos with coordinates in EXIF tags have advantages. You can create your own maps, KML files for Google Earth and geocoded photos are automatically located in Panoramio, so you don’t need to find the rigth location manually in the map. But, how to get your photos geocoded?
The perfect solution would be cameras with built-in […]

Mapping photos has three main ingredients: photos, places and people from all around the world. That’s why Panoramio should be available in as many languages as possible. The good news are that from today German and Catalan versions are available for localized browsers. Thanks to the kind people that help us, eSHa with the German […]

Sooner or later this was going to happen, after all that’s what geolocation is about.

You have seen often on TV thousands of pilgrims around the Kaaba, the small cubical building located in the center of The Sacred Mosque of Mecca. A pilgrimage to it is required of all Muslims at least once in their lifetime, but are you interested in visiting the place? Sorry, but if you are not […]

From Oberstdorf to Tirano, over 300 kilometres of trails through up to 2.500 high mountains of Germany, Austria and Italy. A really hard route where you often have to carry your bike. Only the strongest arrive. Thanks eSHa.

Csongor Böröczky is just 17 years old, but he makes wonderful photos. My favourite is this one from Nordpark in Tirol (Austria), but the rest of his photos are also worth to take a look. He has been in many places as you can see below in his World map:

Merzouga is the most known location close to Erg Chebbi, a dune field located in South West Morocoo. Erg is the perfect kind of desert, a lots of sand making never-ending waves. In Erg Chebbi, dunes are specially tall, the highest one is 884 m.
Because there are no roads, just tracks (pistes), the only […]