A lot of photo maps are built from pictures taken without photo mapping in mind, so don't worry if you're not about to travel someplace exotic or your pictures are years old. For photo mapping, all you need is a directory full of images which would look good on a map.
I happen to have a friend, Michael, who knows a lot about San Francisco's financial district, so I asked him if he would like to walk around during his lunch break and point me towards interesting skyscrapers.
One clear afternoon we met outside of the Montgomery Street BART station and (after grabbing a quick sandwich) we began walking towards the Embarcadero.
Since I was sure that I wouldn't remember where we were when we took pictures of skyscrapers, I carried a piece of paper around and every time Michael pointed out a good shot I would take the picture and then write the time and nearest street intersection.
Instead of using paper, I could have snapped pictures of the nearest intersection sign so that when the images were sorted by time the street name images would be displayed next to the closest building picture.
After I returned home, I hooked my camera to my laptop and used the software included with the camera to download the image files to my hard drive. If I had been using a film camera, I would have just had the developers give me the "photo CD" option and then used those files.
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