From f343ef4d92352f9fc442aeb9c8b1abee27d74c62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: luxagraf Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 10:24:02 -0400 Subject: cleaned up wired import --- .../Monkey_Bites/2007/05.14.07/Tue/flickrvision.txt | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) create mode 100644 wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.14.07/Tue/flickrvision.txt (limited to 'wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.14.07/Tue/flickrvision.txt') diff --git a/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.14.07/Tue/flickrvision.txt b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.14.07/Tue/flickrvision.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c412bda --- /dev/null +++ b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.14.07/Tue/flickrvision.txt @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +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 \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2