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| author | luxagraf <sng@luxagraf.net> | 2020-04-28 10:24:02 -0400 |
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| committer | luxagraf <sng@luxagraf.net> | 2020-04-28 10:24:02 -0400 |
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cleaned up wired import
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diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.14.07/Tue/flickrvision.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.14.07/Tue/flickrvision.txt deleted file mode 100644 index c412bda..0000000 --- a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.14.07/Tue/flickrvision.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,15 +0,0 @@ -Flickrvision: Realtime Image Mapping - -Like its older sibling site Twittervision, the new Flickrvision shows realtime geolocation information, but instead on inane comments via Twitter, Flickrvision overlays images uploaded to Flickr. - -[Flickrvision][1] is the brainchild of David Troy, the developer who created the original [Twittervision][2]. The new site seems to hint that Troy is moving toward a more generic visualization platform, which means other "visions" may be forthcoming. - -Flickrvision pulls in all geocoded images uploaded to Flickr and overlays then on a Google Map, updating in realtime. Of course the realtime component refers to uploading the images, not actually taking them. - -Several people in the [Metafilter thread where I ran across Flickrvision, have suggested that using only geocoded mobile phone submissions would give Flickrvision a more "what's happening right now" feel, but it would also be severely limited and probably not as much fun. - -As it is Flickrvision is certainly hypnotic and addictive, the reason to be late to work. - -[1]: http://flickrvision.com/ "Flickrvision" -[2]: http://twittervision.com/ "Twittervision" -[3]: http://www.metafilter.com/61141/Flickrvision
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