Mittwoch, 27. Februar 2008

Press Release MyGreatBelgium

Heart of the European Union and home of Flanders & Wallonia - MyGreatWorld’s Free Photo-Community for Belgium

Tourists have long ago discovered the cultural riches and original hospitality making Belgium a perfect country for families as well as for backpackers who often praise the open-hearted cordiality of the Belgian and their unsurpassed passion for strong and spicy beer in the same breath.

Geographically divided into the Anglo-Belgian Basin, the Paris Basin and the Hercynian Orogenic Belt, Belgium offers scenic variety and natural beauty to visitors and travellers from around the world.

Whatever the reason for a visit to Belgium, photos & information from residents and those who know the spot are always welcome, both, to make the best out of a trip and not to miss the secret beauty every location holds: What's worth visiting in Brussels? Where to stay in Ghent? What to do in Liege? What to avoid in La Roche? Users may depict their recommendations on MyGreatBelgium.com - For tourists. For residents. For friends. Worldwide.

The change of Belgium over the centuries and even over the last decades and years is sometimes subtle (and sometimes not). It becomes obvious by comparing the chronological advancement in housing and construction and the varying styles in design and architecture. The further an observer is travelling back in time the more evident growth and progress become.

Combining these different approaches (to a vast mass of digital photography laying dormant on harddrives around the globe), www.MyGreatBelgium.com opens up its services to the community these days to build an online-database of literally any spot in this country. Even the very streets users are living in are subject to continuous changes - and to make these trends visible is one of the goals of the site.

Uploading photos to MyGreatBelgium is map-based, fast and easy allowing the user to add new spots to the database (cities, points of interest, landscapes) on the fly. To make the database work, users are asked for the time (year or even better: year & month) and a category their picture fits in best. Any further description a user enters will be additionally indexed for key-words. The same goes for the photo's title. Structures and designs are straightforward and comprehensible without popup-windows or superfluous gadgets.

Is there a typical architecture in a town? Which hotel is it advisable to stay in? What's a commendable cafe, a museum worth seeing or a beautiful landscape in a spot? The photos might also depict details of a (not) recommendable archaeological site, a folkloristic event, an interesting building or even ‘just’ the own road for those fortunates living in Belgium.
Users are invited to give a helping hand and insider-guide to future visitors - and maybe even an eye-opener to residents living nearby.

Retrieving information from the database demonstrates that the MyGreatWorld-Project offers more than a mere pool of pretty pictures: The Advanced Search allows for combinations of various search-parameters including the time of the capture, the motive, the spot, key-words in title or description and even the filtering for a certain photographer.

Users find at all the sites of MyGreatWorld.com a solid framework to enrich with their photos, recommendations and opinions. The site is a young project and there is a lot of space yet to be filled. This also means users can still be the first to add a new spot and to present the flair of a place to the world, the ambassador for a town, landscape or favourite point of interest.

"The site lives from the users' engagement and from the belief that on an international level there are no 'boring' or unspectacular photos: The world in all its facets is very well worth seeing and what's 'interesting' is in the eye of the beholder..."

Descriptions are fine. But hand in hand with pictures, they are better. And at MyGreatWorld.com users might use the combination of both.

Dienstag, 26. Februar 2008

New maps for MyGreatNorway

www.mygreatnorway.com - Alesund We are happy to announce that we could improve the quality of all maps on MyGreatNorway. You might have to press and hold SHIFT while clicking on the reload button of your browser or to clear your cache to notice!

Freitag, 22. Februar 2008

With so many superb photos already uploaded to MyGreatWorld we compiled a first slideshow today. Check out if your pictures are implemented!


New maps for MyGreatIndia

www.mygreatindia.info - Chinese fisher-nets in Kochi We are happy to announce that we could improve the quality of all maps on MyGreatIndia. You might have to press and hold SHIFT while clicking on the reload button of your browser or to clear your cache to notice!

Freitag, 15. Februar 2008

Press Release MyGreatTanzania

Mountainous, unfolding and packed with Wildlife, Tanzania has become a major tourist-destination. Centuries of migration and European Colonialism have left overwhelming cultural riches, forming the compelling background for inspiring photos. Aiming to document every notable location in Tanzania, users around the world are now invited to contribute their captures and impressions and to describe them to the community.

Tanzania has politically as well as economically developed significantly within the last decade. Blessed with a border to the Indian Ocean and some of the oldest human settlements on earth the country offers vast riches to the visitor.

Whatever the reason for a visit to Tanzania, photos & information from residents and those who know the spot are always welcome, both, to make the best out of a trip and not to miss the secret beauty every location holds: What's worth visiting in Dodoma? Where to stay at Lake Victoria? What to do in Dar Es Salaam? What to avoid on Zanzibar? Users may depict their recommendations on MyGreatTanzania.com - For tourists. For residents. For friends. Worldwide.

The change of Tanzania and its neighbouring states, as they appear today, is sometimes subtle (and sometimes not). It becomes obvious by comparing the chronological advancement in housing and construction and the varying styles in design and architecture. The further an observer is travelling back in time the more evident growth and progress become. This might be fortunate -- but it is not by default.

Combining these different approaches (to a vast mass of digital photography laying dormant on harddrives around the globe), www.MyGreatTanzania.com opens up its services to the community these days to build an online-database of literally any spot in this country. Even the very streets users are living in are subject to continuous changes - and to make these trends visible is one of the goals of the site.

Uploading photos to MyGreatTanzania is map-based, fast and easy allowing the user to add new spots to the database (cities, points of interest, landscapes) on the fly. To make the database work, users are asked for the time (year or even better: year & month) and a category their picture fits in best. Any further description a user enters will be additionally indexed for key-words. The same goes for the photo's title. Structures and designs are straightforward and comprehensible without popup-windows or superfluous gadgets.

Is there a typical architecture in a town? Which hotel is it advisable to stay in? What's a commendable cafe, a museum worth seeing or a beautiful landscape in a spot? The photos might also depict details of a (not) recommendable archaeological site, a folkloristic event, an interesting building or even 'just' the own road for those fortunates living in Tanzania.
Users are invited to give a helping hand and insider-guide to future visitors - and maybe even an eye-opener to residents living nearby.

Retrieving information from the database demonstrates that MyGreatWorld.com offers more than a mere pool of pretty pictures: The Advanced Search allows for combinations of various search-parameters including the time of the capture, the motive, the spot, key-words in title or description and even the filtering for a certain photographer.

Users find at MyGreatWorld.com a solid framework to enrich with their photos, recommendations and opinions. The site is a young project and there is a lot of space yet to be filled. This also means users can still be the first to add a new spot and to present the flair of a place to the world, the ambassador for a town, landscape or favourite point of interest.

"The site lives from the users' engagement and from the belief that on an international level there are no 'boring' or unspectacular photos: The world in all its facets is very well worth seeing and what's 'interesting' is in the eye of the beholder..."

Descriptions are fine. But hand in hand with pictures, they are better. And at MyGreatWorld.com users might use the combination of both.

Mittwoch, 13. Februar 2008

Welcome Tanzania to MyGreatWorld

We are happy to announce that MyGreatTanzania has been put online. If you live in Tanzania or have ever been there, feel free to upload your photos of this great country.

New maps for MyGreatNewZealand

www.mygreatnewzealand.com - Clouds We are happy to announce that we could improve the quality of all maps on MyGreatNewZealand. You might have to press and hold SHIFT while clicking on the reload button of your browser or to clear your cache to notice!

Press Release

Mygreatworld.Com: A Free Photo-Community With A New Approach Opens To The Public

MyGreatWorld.com opens a new service, combining Visual Impressions of a spot with Recommendations and a powerful Database-Technology.

Added: 02/13/2008 - Thorsten Scherff

Haan, Germany, Feb 13,2008--MyGreatWorld.com opens a new service, combining Visual Impressions of a spot with Recommendations and a powerful Database-Technology. Welcoming actual pictures as well as older captures users worldwide are invited to illustrate the present appearance and chronological change of any place on earth.

MyGreatWorld.com is a newly launched webservice for photo-enthusiasts around the world and those interested in the constant changes through architecture, town-planning or tourism.

Photos are often the reminder of happy moments and beautiful locations -- or they might be the visual proof of unexpected or lamentable conditions. They can be masterpieces of perspective and composition and carrier of strong emotions. This way or the other they are in good hands at the MyGreat-Project.

And by means of an advanced database-technology, photos can also become an archive of time and place and a witness of change and development.

Ten years ago Moscow was a different place than today. So was New York or even Stonehenge.

The change of a place and its surrounding area, as it appears today, is sometimes subtle (and sometimes not). It becomes obvious by comparing the chronological advancement in housing and construction and the varying styles in design and architecture. The further an observer is travelling back in time the more evident growth and progress become. This might be fortunate -- but it is not by default.

Combining these different approaches (to a vast mass of digital photography laying dormant on harddrives around the globe), www.MyGreatWorld.com opens up its services to the community these days to build a worldwide online-database of literally any spot on earth. Even the very streets users are living in are subject to continuous changes - and to make these trends visible is one of the goals of MyGreatWorld.com.

Also, photos & information from residents and those who know a certain spot are always welcome, both, to make the best out of a trip and not to miss the secret beauty every location holds.

Uploading photos to MyGreatWorld is map-based, fast and easy allowing the user to add new spots to the database (cities, points of interest, landscapes) on the fly. To make the database work, users are asked for the time (year or even better: year & month) and a category their picture fits in best. Any further description a user enters will be additionally indexed for key-words. The same goes for the photo's title. Structures and designs are straightforward and comprehensible without popup-windows or superfluous gadgets.

Retrieving information from the database demonstrates that MyGreatWorld.com offers more than a mere pool of pretty pictures: The Advanced Search allows for combinations of various search-parameters including the time of the capture, the motive, the spot, key-words in title or description and even the filtering for a certain photographer.

Users find at MyGreatWorld.com a solid framework to enrich with their photos, recommondations and opinions. The site is a young project and there is a lot of space yet to be filled. This also means users can still be the first to add a new spot and to present the flair of a place to the world, the ambassador for a town, landscape or favorite point of interest.

"The site lives from the users' engagement and from the belief that on an international level there are no 'boring' or unspectacular photos: The world in all its facets is very well worth seeing and what's 'interesting' is in the eye of the beholder..."

Descriptions are fine. But hand in hand with pictures, they are better. And at MyGreatWorld.com users might use the combination of both.