Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Photo Size and Storage quota improvements

We have increased the limit of the photo size to 25Mbytes / 50Mpixels.

You may think: Why do I need this if my camera is not able to shoot such images?

We wanted to be ahead of the game and build a storage system that would allow us to be ready for the future, as cameras improve and Internet speed gets faster.

Creation of Panoramas is also getting trendy, so we are happy to provide photo size limits that allow to store and process them. The next 2 photos are 2 examples of photos that can be uploaded now in Panoramio thanks to these changes:


This Panorama of 24.9MB was created by Balázs using Hugin and it is a panorama of his last Via Ferrata in Furenwald, Switzerland.


This Panorama of 18.9 MB was created by my friend Julian using Autopano and it is a panorama of photos he took in Zurich, Switzerland last time he visited me.

I also wanted to make official what we have already discussed in the forum sometime ago: Google Earth accepted photos will not count towards your storage quota. This makes the storage of your gallery practically unlimited.

I hope you like these changes. We cannot wait to see your fully detailed photos in Panoramio very soon.
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9 comments:

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  2. As usual, you guys are making changes for the better, and the foresight in your changes is terrific. The only way to keep up with the times is to keep ahead of the times. Thanks for the great site!
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  3. It is nice to see this change. I've been shooting panoramics for years (http://www.panoramio.com/user/373335) and constantly had to find creative ways to downsize the image to meet the 5MB limit.

    Two issues that continue to plague the service though; incorrect placements and no real API. In almost every area I look there are photo placements that are way, way off. Most of the time people, no matter where they were standing, just tag a photo with the location of the subject (e.g. Niagara Falls, Eiffel Tower, etc). Even if someone takes the time to correct them, they will either ignore it completely or just move it a tad. From that point on, you cannot even issue a correction since the messages says 'this picture has already been corrected" even though it is still incredibly off. The worst part is when people tag multiple (I've seen even a dozen ) photos with the exact same GPS coordinate. This is fine if you keep stuff to yourself, but annoying when they upload that to Panoramio and they all get included into GE.

    It is just frustrating when photos are obviously miles off and nothing is ever done about it.

    Though a lot less of a hassle, I'd like to see a better API. I use Lightroom pretty exclusively now and most services (Facebook, Flickr, Meetup, PicasaWeb, SmugMug) have a plug-in I can use to upload content, but from what I understand Panoramio does not allow this. through any sort of API offering. On one hand I understand it seems that Panoramio explicitly wants to make uploading a hassle so that the barrier to entry will (hopefully) keep the riffraff out. But I’m certainly not going to go through an “export to disk then fire up a browser and upload the images one at a time” rigmarole.

    You do realize the pictures tend to be geocoded by GPS tracks and not just choosing individual coordinates using Google Earth and faulty memory, right?
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  4. My last Panorama in Panoramio
    http://www.panoramio.com/photo/26771127
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  5. Nice idea, although I'd be reluctant to put very big individual images on I might be tempted to update a couple of panoramas.

    Mike - "You do realize the pictures tend to be geocoded by GPS tracks and not just choosing individual coordinates using Google Earth and faulty memory, right?"

    I use gps tracks, attach the tracks to the photo then upload 10 at a time to Panoramio. Panoramio detects the location in the Exif and you don't need to map individually.

    Matthew
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  6. great idea ,way to go Mr.Gerard Sanz ...kodus


    Warm Regards

    Rajeev.IYer
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  7. Priscilla TurnerSep 13, 2010 04:12 PM
    Very good, now I don't have to make little .jpgs specially.
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  8. Thanks Panoramio team. I could not wait to be able to upload photos like this and I'm sure I'll use it more.

    http://www.panoramio.com/photo/41087365
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  9. C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S !!!

    Panoramio is the best place for photographers. I like very much the new statistics page, it looks like the stock market. FANTASTIC!!!

    panoramio.com/user/mexico
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