Original article from Bluemoon.ee
People find the most interesting uses for data. This developer took photos uploaded to a photo-sharing site and generated a map of the most ‘touristy’ places in the world.
What is interesting is how the developer leveraged the data out there to generate this view:
1) First he got the raw data from Panoramio using an API
2) Then he used the Google Maps API to display a map of the data on Google Maps by analyzing the geographic distribution of photos
On a personal note, the link is titled ‘Great places to avoid’. I wonder if he means that the touristy places are the ones to avoid and the non-touristy places are the ones to visit. I would rebut that statement by saying that people are voting with their dollars and their feet, and I think a week in Paris or New Zealand, both heavily touristed, is a lot more fun that a week in the Congo.
