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Posted by John Hanke, Director for
Maps, Earth and Local

I am pleased to tell you that we've agreed to purchase href="http://www.panoramio.com/" >Panoramio, a website based in
Spain that links millions of photos with the exact geographical
location where they were taken. ( href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/annc/annc_panoramio.html" >
Our FAQ has all the details.)

Panoramio is a community photos website that enables digital
photographers to geo-locate, store and organize their photographs
– and to view those photographs in Google Earth. Other users can
search and browse Panoramio photos and suggest edits to the
metadata associated with the photos. Panoramio also offers an API
that enables web developers to embed Panoramio functionality into
their websites.

Those of you already using Google Earth have no doubt noticed
Panoramio's striking images documenting settings from all over
the world, like href="http://www.panoramio.com/photo/901470" >moonscapes in
Croatia, href="http://www.panoramio.com/photo/1578881" >dramatic sunsets in
Australia, and innovative href="http://www.panoramio.com/photo/91375" >architecture in the
United Arab Emirates.

We've been working with Panoramio for some time — its photos
have been a default layer in Google Earth since the beginning of
the year. This layer will remain in place as our teams work
together toward further integrating this amazing content, generated
by many, into our mapping technologies.

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