Finding that special location

[radar]

In the most recent Better Photography, there is an article by Brent Parson called "The Photo Guide". Brent started this web site/blog that makes use of Google's knol. He uses this to build a set of great spots of landscape photography. Anybody can basically contribute or you can go and lookup new spots around the corner or around the world. There are already a

It looks very promising. Already, he has a fair bit of spots around Australia and also around the world. Have a look here:

http://freephotoguides.blogspot.com/

It is based on the open source model so it is free but as in open source, the more people contribute to build the locations, the better it gets, so don't be afraid to get your favourite spot on there.

cheers,

André

[antman]

Thanks for the link.

Looks like it'll be useful for travellers / holiday makers venturing into unfamiliar territory.

[ATJ]

Just as long as the locations are meaningful.

Seriously, it looks like a great idea. My only fear is that we end up with a whole bunch of images from the same locations - which may be a good or a bad thing.

[radar]

My only fear is that we end up with a whole bunch of images from the same locations - which may be a good or a bad thing.

Actually, that shouldn't happen as the original posts of the knols are moderated by the state/region administrator so once there is an item for a certain location, the moderator shouldn't be allowing duplicates. Like a blog, the readers can comment and rate the various articles.

cheers,

André

[ATJ]

Sorry, André, I don't mean duplicates in the knols, I mean in general. The more people that uses these knols, the more photographs that will appear (on the web, in people's galleries, etc.) from these spots.