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 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 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.[1][2] 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.[1] Panoramio was acquired by Google in 2007. In 2009 the website was among the 1000 most popular websites worldwide.[3]
Panoramio was launched in 2005, and closed on November 4, 2016,[1] although the layer in Google Earth was available until January 2018.[2][4] Image source URLs are still available.[1]
After the acquisition of Panoramio by Google, the headquarters were located in Zurich,[5] in the office building of Google Switzerland, but subsequently were moved to Mountain View, California, US.
- ^ a b c d Lardinois, Frederic (October 7, 2016). "Google shuts down Panoramio". TechCrunch. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
- ^ a b "Photos Layer of Google Earth and Google Maps Transition with Panoramio Closure". HikingMike.com. Blogspot. February 4, 2018. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
- ^ "Panoramio: Photo-sharing community. Discover the world through photos". Rank2traffic.com. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
- ^ "Panoramio no longer available after January 29, 2018". Local Guides Connect. January 26, 2018. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
- ^ "Panoramio lived here". Panoramio. April 15, 2010. Archived from the original on September 6, 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2012.