Exploring photos on ZoomIn
We’re lifting the lid on some functionality that we’ve been working for a while to make it easier to browse content on ZoomIn. For the first release (currently in “Garage Mode”) we’re focusing on browsing photos. So now you can look at all of the photos around any location, as you zoom and pan around the photos will constantly update.
To get the browse photos explorer either click on explore photos on the home page or search for any address or place and expand the results box to reveal the Explore photos link.
We have two modes of browsing Photo bar and Thumbnails.
Photo Bar style
Browse the photos via the photo bar.
Thumbnail style
View all of the photos on the map.
Explore Photos is in Garage mode, which means we’ll be tinkering and improving over the next few weeks.
We appreciate your suggestions and feedback, so let us know what you think.
June 19th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Hi John,
I read somewhere that you guys had aerial photography of Wellington (like Google Maps) but I can’t find anything about it on ZoomIn. Is this a feature you have ready?
Cheers – Stuart.
June 19th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Unfortunately we used to have low resolution aerial photography from LINZ. We lost it when we switch across to NZTM co-ordinates system. We can source uber hi-res imagery from Terralink at 10cm per pixel (Google Earth is about 90cm per pixel). Let us know if you want it.
June 19th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
The problem with Google Maps/Earth is that the imagery is at least 3 or 4 years old for most of Wellington. And the weird thing is that I know for a fact it used to be a lot newer. We lived in a house in Brookly a few years ago and I remember looking at the house in Google Earth and being able to see the outdoor heaters that our neighbour had on his new deck. Then one day the imagery changed to MUCH older photos. This house and the house to the right should both have large decks out the back. The deck at number 35 was built in 2004.
I’d love it if Zoomin had updated aerial footage!