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Level 8

What should be the correct location of a Photo

I want to ask this for quite some time.

 

What should be the correct Place of a Photo (in the scope of adding a photo to a Place in Maps)?

 

1.  The Place where the Camera (GPS data) is located.

 

2.  A/The Subject of the Photo (what is visible in the Photo)

 

Especially when the two are far away.

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Level 5

Re: What should be the correct location of a Photo

Very useful question. Correct location is WHAT IS SEEN on the picture. I mean you shall add for example the picture of Berlin TV Tower to place on Maps named "Berlin TV Tower" - even if you for example took this picture staying on place named "Berlin Worldtime Clock" that is located nearby.

Hope my answear helped you, please feel free to discuss and ask more.

For other pics rules please check very useful article written by @AnnaDickson.

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Level 9

Re: What should be the correct location of a Photo

I post 90% spheres so I'm a bit prejudiced, but I would vote for camera location. 

Level 8

Re: What should be the correct location of a Photo

Photo is all about the place you Captured It

 

The Location of a photo is always connected to GPS

 

But many times One Photo Can tells a long  story about the place

 

@YK1001 

Level 7

Re: What should be the correct location of a Photo

First I want to ad a 3rd option, neither GPS or Subject.

I would like to ad the actual position of Camera.

Never met a GPS that given me the right position yet.

 

Let's divide it into 3 groups.

1.Wide Angle <--50mm

There is a gap here on purpose

2.Tele Zoom 200mm-->

3.Sphere

 

Wide Angle definitely need to be positioned where the Camera was.

Between the 50mm and 200mm there's a little bit of finger tip feeling and what type of target you shot. "The Gray Zone".

Tele Zoom I would say almost on subject, but a few meters in the direction shot was taken from.

Sphere can't be placed anywhere else then exactly where Camera was.

On subject, never.

 

Personally I like to check out locations on Google Maps first and then go there.

I really hate when there is 100 photos in the center of subject, doesn't help much.

Finding a picture in a mountain showing same subject 45km away isn't a success either.

 

I liked the Idea Panoramio had, but that brutally failed.

Mark where photographer was standing and then Subject.

Sounds good, right.

Problem, how can you do this with only one dot?

Probably should mention that dot was round and not an arrow.

Dubble failure you could say.