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First Refresh of Flickr & Flickr Map
I’ve just started loading all of my trip photos to date into my Flickr Account, now that I’m at a hotel with some zippety-quick wifi. I have to drive all day tomorrow, though, so I only got up through Las Vegas. But, you can see what I’ve got on the map here:
Sorry if some of you aren’t map fanatics like I am, but the whole geo-tagging of photos, and then browsing them with a map interface just does not get old with me.
We’re in Kansas right now, so I have a lot more photos to load up, but let me know if you liked these. My favorites so far are these two, both in San Francisco:
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