Geotech 2010

One of my favorite new technologies that I learned in my day at the Geotech conference was how to geotag pictures. I was very curious how it would work since it seemed to be something that I could use in both my personal life and in teaching in the classroom. I learned about several different websites that allow geotagging. 


Flickr- This site was my favorite because it was very visual and easy to maneuver. It's motto is "Share your photos. Watch the world." As I am writing this post Flickr has reported '

4,390 uploads in the last minute, 558,832 things tagged with urban, 2.4 million things geotagged this month'. 

Panaramio- Once I began reviewing this site I found a really neat contest that they are having involving geotagging. Check it out!!!! 


Everytrail- This site also has a free iPhone app that you can download to your phone and begin geotagging by using the GPS and camera feature in your phone. I tried it out on my way home from the conference and it literally tracks your every turn and allows you to geotag pictures instantly. 


A few other random things that I learned that day:

• do not always rely on your iphone to give perfect directions or you might end up a Lew Sterrett :(
• pressing 'ctrl' and 't' opens a new tab on your browser
• I am very uneducated about the geo-world! Who knew there was SO much information available!!!!