The Web 2.0 Summit is the gathering of the best developers in the internet that deals with Web 2.0 sites. The summit gathers experts in the technology that are related to these services. If you’re not familiar with Web 2.0, it’s a term described to websites that depend on user generated content.
One of those websites is Flickr.com. It’s probably the biggest photo-sharing website with users and hits that reach millions daily. Users will be able to upload their pictures for free and share them to friends. If you have a website, you’ll be able to use Flickr.com as your webhost for photos. You can also tag your pictures and compare them to other pictures with the same tag.
In the Web 2.0 Summit, Flickr.com has announced two key updates that should be implemented in a few weeks time:
The first update is the total revamp of the maps page. Right now, users will be able to use the maps page and see pictures taken in that place. You can see little pink dots and click on those dots to see the photos uploaded by different users. The new update will revamp this experience. Once the changes are implemented, the map’s page is guaranteed to load faster. That’s something everyone can thank for since as of this writing, pages have to load again and again before you can get the results you want.
The next update of Flickr is the new tool related to maps. The world of geotagging (tagging photos with places so they can be uploaded in the map), has become so complicated you can’t really see picture uploaded by other users. There will be a new classification in geotagging in Flickr: instead of places, they photos will also be categorized according to events. For example, users don’t just tag photos for New Orleans but also the events such as the Mardi Gras. That’s why Flickr.com will categorize the New Orleans photos and create another sub-category for events. Just give Flickr.com a few weeks and the new geotagging service will be available.
While you’re waiting for the new update of Flickr.com, give yourself a few things about geotagging. As a traveler, the last thing you wouldn’t forget to bring is your digital camera. All these traveling are for nothing if you don’t have a camera as a reminder and documentation that you were actually there. For bragging rights, you could show these to your friends and everyone else in the internet world. In flickr.com when you “geotag” your picture, it’s not going to show up from where you are but the picture will show up from where you’ve taken the shot. If you’re from Florida and have taken pictures of the Empire State Building, if searchers will go to Flickr’s map, they will see your photos posted in the map of New York and not in Florida.
For now, the Maps are not really that user friendly. If your internet connection is not that fast, expect the page to load real slowly. However, great things are coming so just hold on tight as Flickr.com will present a better and faster service…all for free.
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