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Technical notes
Boingo:
Nothing really new with Google's searching for photos, but latest Chrome 51.x.x.x browser has made it a little more convenient with a "right click" menu item which let's you "Search Google for image" by simply right clicking the picture.... It's not perfect, but could save TAR detectives some time in looking for clues.
Slowhatch:
A tutorial post about geolocation--simple stuff for us, but I thought I'd throw in a quiz as well.
The Circumnavigators Club, which awards the Order of Magellan, wants help in locating a photo (see under "The Last Shot"). It took me about 25 minutes to nail down the country and region, and another half-hour to get the exact location (I'm slowing down in my old age :)). Best of luck.
Slowhatch:
Bye-bye Panoramio. :dontgo:
Boingo:
If y'all were like me and ditched Flash Player plug-ins for my browsers (following security warnings) there was no way to view the embedded Flash (.flv) clips littered throughout the RFF forums. Well, that was until now. It appears that the latest version of the Chrome 54 rewrites YouTube Flash players to use the YouTube HTML5 embed style (on-the-fly).
I tested it on the BB forum, where tons of embedded Flash prevails, and every one was converted and ready to view in a HTML5 player. Cool!
So once you remove all traces of Flash Player from your computer, you can download Chrome 54 and view the embedded Flash via the added security of a HTML5 viewer. (The HTML5 player has a slightly different look from the Flash player, or just "right click" the player to see if it's switched).
Slowhatch:
Mapillary is a new contender in the streetview world. The interface and photography are a little crude right now, but it covers several places Google doesn't, like Dar Es Salaam.
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