Geotags, aerial synths, street synths… capturing events as they happen. If you can mark it on a map, then this is the place to talk about it.
Took a look around the map explore page (http://photosynth.net/geoexplore.aspx) last night and came up with a list of the countries where there are no geotagged synths. I did this just by looking so it's possible I missed a couple. It could be that some of them have synths, but they aren't geotagged. Anyone out there have some photos from these countries that might synth? Americas: Bolivia Guyana French Guiana Antigua and Barbuda Belize Nicaragua Greenland (yeah I know it part of Denmark, but still) Europe: Montenegro Albania Liechtenstein Pacific: Solomon Islands Vanuatu Marshall Islands Fiji Palau Federation States of Micronesia Kiribati
Continuing... Asia: Kazakhstan Mongolia North Korea Uzbekistan Tajikistan Afganistan Turkmenistan Bangladesh Brunei Yemen Armenia Azerbaijan Oman Maldives (Sorry if this is rubbing salt in the wound Jon) Africa: Madagascar Mauritania Mali Libya Sudan Eritrea Djibouti Somalia Uganda Rwanda Burundi Democratic Republic Of The Congo Central African Republic Cameroon Congo Gabon Chad Benin Togo Cape Verde Equitorial Guinea Angola Mozambique Namibia Zambia Lesotho Swaziland Ghana Burkina Faso Cote d'Ivoire Seirra Leone Guinea Guinea-Bissau Mauritania Liberia Senegal
OK, so I did the "first" Nicaragua synth:) Well, at least the first geotagged one. Here it is... http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=F0C097C3-5286-47F6-B552-9F9DBA8DECCD (Stay tuned for possible updates, as this one was Take 1...)
Hey, I'd love to branch out and do other islands in the Pacific, but... Anyone got a plane ticket? ;)
Hey Tony, great job! Did you try search for each of those countries? Maybe there's a synth out there that we can convince the owner to geotag.
Just as an example, searching for "Fiji" brings up a bunch. I'm commenting on their synths now. Hopefully we can strike that off the list soon.
UPDATE: Geotagged my Nicaragua synth, but it didn't appear on Map Explore. I read that synth must be at least 18 images, and over 25% synthy. Mine have enuf images, but is only 18% synthy:( If u read the description for my synth u will understand why. Oh, well. BTW, a search for "Nicaragua" returns two pages of synths; just not geotagged.
P.S. It could have been a little more synthy is I could have "forced" Photosynth to include certain pix in a clump. I even tried a couple other times, but it did sum things differently! Clearly, it's not an exact science. But these r other issues for other posts... Just the same, I hope the synth conveys an expression of my experience.
OK, I took up Marvin's challenge and ran some searches. Below is the list of countries where we have no synths either geotagged, or described (title, description, tags contain country name). Alas, there could be a Synth of Benin out there but the creator didnt give any indication as such. French Guiana Solomon Islands Marshall Islands Kiribati Tajikistan Turkmenistan Djibouti Somalia Rwanda Burundi Democratic Republic Of The Congo Congo Central African Republic Gabon Chad Benin Equatorial Guineau Angola Burkina Faso Cote d'Ivoire Guineau Guinea-Bissau
The next step is encouraging the creators of the non-geotagged synths to do so... Time to start leaving some comments requesting they do so!