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| Imagine if you could see a map of the city around you based on the photos that best represent the area. That’s the concept of Streetography, a brand new photography app for iOS launched this week. The app uses various sources of photo content, showing the map of the world around you seen through the lens of photographers who’ve explored the area before you.
Browsing photos on a map is nothing new — it’s a feature that’s been available in a number of photo-sharing sites since the dawn of photo-sharing sites. Streetography’s new angle is to literally put the photos on the map. The main source of photos is 500px for now, but the company is hoping people will start sharing photos with it directly, as well.
There are ways of filtering the photographs, including by date, by source (photos taken only by teenagers, for example) and others, too.
“The app is for urban travelers who like to take photos and want to take photos as they explore the city. It aims to help pro photographers and photo journalists figure out where to go,” says Mike Lanza, the company’s founder and CEO. “More on the consumer side, it is for travelers who want to learn more about an area before they travel. You can imagine you are planning a trip and want to know where to book an Airbnb, for example. Photos are the best way of doing that and Streetography is a great way of exploring a city.” |
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