On July 2005 I co-founded Panoramio with Joaquin Cuenca. Today, four and a half years later, it is time to leave.
Panoramio is the coolest thing I have ever done. I went through the greatest adventure of my life with this project. However for some reasons I can't really explain I like changes and challenges, so it is time to move on to a new project.
First of all I would like to introduce you to my substitute, Gerard Sanz, an awesome Catalonian guy that will take care of the Panoramio community. He has already been working together with me and the Panoramio team for some weeks behind the scenes and learnt a lot about Panoramio. Previously he worked managing the Blogger community for 2 years. He is very passionate about Panoramio and has a lot of energy and many new good ideas for the site.
Acquisitions can be complicated, and the private nightmare of a founder is the site not surviving the process, but after some time Panoramio feels very comfortable at Google. It has been migrated to its infrastructure, has reached almost 20 million high quality geolocated photos and it is integrated with many other services: Google Earth, Google Maps, Streetview, Google Search, Google Maps API... I want to thank Panoramio community for its patience during the hard adaptation time.
Panoramio success is mostly due to the people that use Panoramio daily, awesome individuals that have been always supporting the project, sharing great photos and genuinely caring about the site. Among that group of people, I would like to mention the forum moderators: Panamon_Creel, Cleber Lima, NAGY Albert, Matthew Walters, SantoB, Peter Uspensky, Daniela Brocca, Volkan Yuksel, FSup, NightHunter, Igor Fedotenkov, Will51, Tony Reid, © mimipet.com, IPAAT, Nguyen Bang Giang, © Andre Speek, Jessica G., Baycrest, Draken, W140, hvbemmel and DL1LAM that tirelessly contributed in the forum.
I can't list everyone I would like to thank, but I will try. From Panoramio team: Gràcies Roger, Tack Erik, Köszönöm Gyuri. You rock guys! Danke Sebastian Holzapfel. Special thanks to Fernando Delgado, Samuel Widmann, Frank Taylor and John Hanke. Gracias al malagueño Jose Florido. Danke Eva-Maria Kott for the name Panoramio. And of course, gracias to my co-founder and old time friend Joaquin Cuenca.
Even though I am leaving the Panoramio team, I am not leaving the Panoramio community. I am looking forward to having some spare time to share the hundreds of photos that I have not uploaded yet. So I´m not saying you goodbye, but see you around in Panoramio.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great work which has inspired for many of us. Your legacy will sure be taken care of.
Good luck and all the best.
masaiboy
I have also replied on the facebook panoramio fan page.
ReplyDeletePanoramio was and is a great project and I'll be forever grateful for that!
I hope that you'll have with your new project the same or greater results!
Good luck
Fabrizio (fabrizio.reale)
A panoramio user since February 2007
Good luck in your new project, and many thanks for Panoramio.
ReplyDeleteMucha suerte en tu nuevo proyecto, Eduardo, y mil gracias por dejar detrás de ti este maravilloso proyecto.
Un saludo de un ex-Fantoft ;)
Enhorabuena por el trabajo hecho. Es una de mis páginas preferidas; durante estos años he subido muchas fotos pero también he buscado cientos de fotos que me han permitido viajar con la imaginación y también preparar futuros viajes.
ReplyDeleteMuchas gracias
Tan solo mandarte un saludo, desearte la mayor de las suertes en tu nuevo proyecto y agradeceros que os acordaseis de mi para aquel concurso de fotografía del que fui jurado.
ReplyDeletePanoramio makes it possible to view places all over the world. thank you and wish you all the best, and also wish panoramio to do better in future.
ReplyDeleteGreetings to the Panoramio Team: I just have discovered you while checking out the sites on MONTENERO VALCOCCHIARA, Provincia Isernia/Italy and I appreciated the opportunity to view photos and comment so I did. I'just getting into the fascination of inteacting with it but I like it indeed. I don't have a digital camera but I'm going to look into it so I can post the numerous photos of Montenero which are breathtaking. Many I have since their last earthquake. The village is always in my heart since I was born there, 42. I spent my first decade of my life there, an ideal childhood. From 63 to 74 I returned many of times and have kept up with many Monteneresi there and all over the world. It is an austere village with amazing peole. Thanks for including it and I'll be commenting on it off and on. Let me know if I can be of any assistance to you. My house which I still own with my sisters is behind the steeple. Anelisa
ReplyDeleteI wish you good luck with your new project Eduardo and all the best for the new year 2010.
ReplyDeletethanks Masaiboy, Vasily. Grazie Fabrizio for the good wishes. Gracias Heferstion y Carlos ;) Tack so mycke Romy. Gracias por ayudarnos con el concurso Miguel. Grazie mile Christian. Millotaurus thanks for your patience all those years ;) Anelisa, thanks for your offer. Thanks unnippillai, Noud, Filipe, Georges, Conelly and Dimitris for your kind words.
ReplyDeleteAlready there are a lot of people from Panoramio in Askaro.com including several translations. Thanks so much for helping us launching Askaro.com
Regards and see you around
Eduardo
Eduardo, I wish you all the very best in your new venture and I for one will be sorry to see you go, but realise that you must as you say.
ReplyDeleteYou leave behind a wonderful Panoramio and I'm sure a lot of people who thank you for what you have done.
You were the first to come to my aid in the dim and distant past when I was having teething problems with my account for which I shall be ever grateful.
To Gerard a warm welcome and to the rest of the team I offer my thanks.
Suerte en su nuevo proyecto y muchas gracias por esta aventura que se llama Panoramio,!!!! saludos.
ReplyDeleteYou do a great job and I think you can get even more sucessfull. Wish you all the best for 2010.
ReplyDeleteLinda foto, a naureza tem a capacidade de criar imagens lindas como essa, parabéns ao fotografo que sou captar essa imagem. abraços Cláudio Coronel
ReplyDeleteWow what an opportunity I have just stumbled upon. Yes it was through Google maps.
ReplyDeleteI would like to thank you for being the inspiration and instigator of may fine opportunities that will go beyond the world of just a snap shot store in a computer.
Thank you once again. Good luck. May sanity and peace to go with you as you try out somethings new.
Hi Eduardo,
ReplyDeleteI also like to thank you for the great job you did by co-founding Panoramio. You made, togheter with the other Panoramio workers, the world a lot more beautiful. You are now allready a bit immortual :-) Good luck in the new challenge and see you in Panoramio. Saludos desde Flandres, Belgica, Bart.
Hola Eduardo,
ReplyDeleteSaludos menudos e mucha suerte para tu proxima aventura! Los amigos the Fantoft te recuerdan e agradecen juntamente com lo resto del mundo por tu trabajo fantastico (e de todos los panoramicos). Assi se hace al mundo mas pequeño, e los amigos mas proximos.
Si passas por Lisboa, liga-me para tomar una copa!
Um grande Abraço,
Rafael
Thank you so much for helping to create this fantastic adventure.Since I discovered Panoramio I visit every time I am on the computer. Some of your guests have uploaded such beautiful photos. This is exactly what the internet is for.Great luck in your future endeavors.I will always be grateful for Panoramio!
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