tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post7468999684488153784..comments2024-03-18T02:14:57.204-07:00Comments on Google Operating System: Picasa Web Becomes Location AwareAlex Chituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-60781185591518608222008-07-01T06:26:00.000-07:002008-07-01T06:26:00.000-07:00It's a pretty good feature - the problem is that y...It's a pretty good feature - the problem is that you can't customise how the map looks. For showing the aerial location of a house, I want a zoomed in satellite image. However, the map defaults to a zoomed out gradient map.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15373039791830265702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-72577107235403746202007-10-18T02:59:00.000-07:002007-10-18T02:59:00.000-07:00http://www.blogger.com/start?hl=enThen she can see...http://www.blogger.com/start?hl=en<BR/><BR/>Then she can see the language option at bottom of page<BR/><BR/>http://www.blogger.com/language.g<BR/><BR/>She sets the language in there and it will open correctly in picasa, tis a weird one, im in thailand and had same problem.Shagsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02799655545468726155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-34172583496586448392007-09-29T03:16:00.000-07:002007-09-29T03:16:00.000-07:00anonymous: I have no idea. Some browsers have sett...anonymous: I have no idea. Some browsers have settings to prefer content in some language over others. Is the problem same with different browsers?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17829989990360952980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-77759096045188019272007-09-11T12:09:00.000-07:002007-09-11T12:09:00.000-07:00a friend of mine has the problem that her webalbum...a friend of mine has the problem that her webalbums are always shown in german, althogh her language settings are "english/us".<BR/>using picasaweb.google.com doesn't help.<BR/>any ideas?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-56773939804559434272007-07-21T13:44:00.000-07:002007-07-21T13:44:00.000-07:00Note that if someone browses the picasaweb in loca...Note that if someone browses the picasaweb in localized language, he/she will not see the maps.<BR/><BR/>Using the server picasaweb.google.com forces the language to be english.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17829989990360952980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-15634105023227996312007-06-29T00:13:00.000-07:002007-06-29T00:13:00.000-07:00I assume you need to go to Settings / Language Pre...I assume you need to go to Settings / Language Preference and change the language to English (United States). This way, you'll always have the new features when they're launched and not after 3 months or so.Alex Chituhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-72468246220165684202007-06-29T00:10:00.000-07:002007-06-29T00:10:00.000-07:00Apparently this is not available everywhere, here ...Apparently this is not available everywhere, here in Norway I have no buttons or maps, and the link to the Vegas slideshow in the article just give me an error message ("The requested photo is invalid or unavailable. You will be redirected to the album page.").Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15457900212194594369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-88216834200837616902007-06-28T21:50:00.000-07:002007-06-28T21:50:00.000-07:00Very cool, but also very annoying that all my exis...Very cool, but also very annoying that all my existing photos that were uploaded with EXIF lat/long information do not get processed, only newly uploaded ones.<BR/><BR/>Please reprocess the existing photos!Adrian Tritschlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12845659467495275560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-39695689108753573242007-06-28T16:57:00.000-07:002007-06-28T16:57:00.000-07:00All of my Picasaweb photos were geotagged prior to...All of my Picasaweb photos were geotagged prior to uploading, how come it doesn't map any of them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-56337039277545865892007-06-28T13:02:00.000-07:002007-06-28T13:02:00.000-07:00When went to check out my Picasa photo albums aft...When went to check out my Picasa photo albums after hearing this news - most of my years of annotations to my photos were gone and all that remained was the original IMG number of the photo! I can't believe this! I spent untold hours annotating those photos. If this is not fixed, and maybe even if it is - I will use a client based software like iPhoto as my main program.Patrick Landershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18031270349591401419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-83113898425634036522007-06-27T21:53:00.000-07:002007-06-27T21:53:00.000-07:00If you go under Album Properties you can add the p...If you go under Album Properties you can add the place where it was taken.<BR/>This also adds a pin point on the album on the front page, and adds the location to the map on the right column.ZiglioNZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11225949019754263070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-8950603751377678742007-06-27T12:58:00.000-07:002007-06-27T12:58:00.000-07:00Looks like location info in images that were alrea...Looks like location info in images that were already uploaded isn't extracted :-( For new images, this works fine, though.Eric Jainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10893676855820131379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-50171028351605150082007-06-27T12:12:00.000-07:002007-06-27T12:12:00.000-07:00@Sam Lyons:I don't think there's a way to manually...@Sam Lyons:<BR/><BR/>I don't think there's a way to manually insert the latitude/longitude for a photo already uploaded to Picasa Web, but you can click on the "map photos" button when you browse an album and then drag and drop the photo to the map.Alex Chituhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-20800418703704042492007-06-27T06:13:00.000-07:002007-06-27T06:13:00.000-07:00One drawback is the fact that the maps that you ha...One drawback is the fact that the maps that you have under Picasa is not aware of your favorite places as <A HREF="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/05/google-maps-aliases.html" REL="nofollow">G maps is</A>. I am sure soon googlers'll fill the gap.H4mm3Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05966815590772152973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-8812802051465030012007-06-27T04:55:00.000-07:002007-06-27T04:55:00.000-07:00Thumbnails and photos are automatically re-sized f...<I>Thumbnails and photos are automatically re-sized for your device's screen, so pictures look good and download fast." The mobile site should be available at http://www.google.com/mobile/photos/ .</I><BR/><BR/>It works on location: http://picasaweb.google.com/m<BR/>Enjoy your mobile surfing.<BR/>Best regards.Przemysławhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433939341058492403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-20582307096304885092007-06-27T02:49:00.000-07:002007-06-27T02:49:00.000-07:00Super feature from Google. Not fully aware of how ...Super feature from Google. Not fully aware of how ot implement the first part although. Have used the Geocoding in the desktop client and it works very well. Perhaps you might explain! I inserted the Latitude and Longtitude in the "caption", but to no avail.Sam Lyonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05718703081816089339noreply@blogger.com