Panoramio
Panoramio was a geo-located tagging, photo sharing mashup active between 2005 and 2016. Photos uploaded to the site were accessible as a layer in Google Earth and Google Maps. The site's goal was to allow Google Earth users to learn more about a given area by viewing the photos that other users had taken at that location. Panoramio was acquired by Google in 2007. In 2009 the website was among the 1000 most popular websites worldwide.
Panoramio homepage | |
Type of site | Photo sharing |
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| Available in | Multilingual |
| Dissolved | November 4, 2016 |
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| URL | www |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Free |
| Users | 4.1 million |
| Launched | October 3, 2005 |
| Current status | Defunct |
Panoramio was launched in 2005, and closed on November 4, 2016, although the layer in Google Earth was available until January 2018. Image source URLs are still available.
After the acquisition of Panoramio by Google, the headquarters were located in Zurich, in the office building of Google Switzerland, but subsequently were moved to Mountain View, California, US.