This is going to be another “Mike fucking loves Google!” post so brace yourselves for another Google fanboy moment.
i downloaded the new Picasa 3 desktop client after seeing it on Googles twitter feed. i am really amazed with the improvements! The software went form an easy way to look at pictures and manipulate them, to a social picture management application. adding the ability to Geo tag, face tag, keyword tag and multiple uploading. its hella spiffy.
What amazes me most, and what caused me to make this poorly thought out post was the built in image recondition of both the desktop software AND the web albums! It was able to go through my web album in less than 15 mins scanning faces and compiling lists of similar faces for tagging, one particular instance made me LOL
That is our good friend John Travolta whose face can be found in the Pulp Fiction poster that was in the background of 2 pictures, it will recognize any face it seems, and match it perfectly with other faces. but thats enough about that. the Geo-tagging will allow you to select multiple (or single) pictures, click the “Geo Tag” button, then just point to a place on the map. makes it wasy as hell, no more screwing with the long-lats. and from my understanding (although i havnt seen it yet) it makes the public photos viewable on google maps.
If your looking for a place to host pictures, or a software to manage pictures. I strongly recommend picasa web albums and picasa 3! beats the hell outta flickr any day!
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I want to quote your post in my blog. It can?
And you et an account on Twitter?
Feel free, but i prefer people link back to me
twitter: NeonDemon