Just one more suggestion: sending an e-mail link to people that have put route instructions for their visitors with suitable photos. Having Google’s directions is nice, but a picture route would be great. Or perhaps a set of tour routes with photos to show what it is like in and out of season, etc.

Thanks for the offer. I just have to find a way to get there!

Cheers
 -Bob

I try to answer all questions below:

Bob: Photos can already be annotated with name and description. The names and descriptions are not shown on the small iFrame above because of lack of space. Cool tips is a great idea. Right now notes are used for this, but it makes sense to have a dedicated section to put tips. It’s on the list.

Andy: I couldn’t agree more! And we are getting there very soon.

Dian: We are creating more ways to add multimedia, including video and mp3. It may take a little while to implement.

I really appreciate all the suggestions and positive comments.

-Joost

Affectionately
-Mom and Dad

Let me know next time you’re in the Bay Area. I’ll take you up for a flight.

Best regards
 -Ismael

Thanks for the kind words. Much appreciated.

-Ismael

Bikers tend to like the Garmin Forerunner 205. We used it to log yesterday’s flight, and it works beautifully. I do not think that EveryTrail lets you upload mp3 files, but I will forward your request to them.

Best regards
 -Ismael

Give it a couple of years, and I’m sure we’ll see cameras with in-built GPS that can store location details into the EXIF data. Then a real killer application—or more likely a mash-up—can emerge to look at the EXIF, take the GPS location, lookup Google Maps (or similar), and create a meta data tag (possibly in the EXIF comments) naming the place.

As memory and processing power become cheaper, this could all be done in the camera itself—after all, geographic locations don’t change that quickly, even though place names may. It would give a good “first idea” label, which users can expand upon later if they wish.

Of course, if your camera stores files in formats other than JPEG, or for other reasons does not maintain EXIF metadata, this approach won’t work. Similarly, if your post production graphics manipulation software strips the EXIF, you are similarly out of luck.

-Andy

Neat tool, but it reminds me that the last time I last saw those sights was nearly 10 years ago. Can’t wait for the next time! One thing that I would suggest is provision for annotating the photographs, and tool tips.

-Bob