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Tag Galaxy Browses Flickr Photos in Space
Posted by Gina Trapani at 9:00 PM on May 23, 2008
New Flickr photo browser TagGalaxy explores the Flickr tag-o-verse using a planet metaphor. Type in a tag you're interested in, and TagGalaxy will instantly assemble a system of planets that represent those tags. Click on a planet to browse and zoom photos. Words don't do TagGalaxy's beautiful visualisation justice, so check out the screencast above for a quick demo if you're too lazy to head on over there yourself. (Sorry for the herky-jerkiness of the video, in reality it's smooth as silk on-page.)
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firesign
Posted 3:39 AM 24/5/08
wow, thats fun!
firesign
Torley
Posted 3:04 AM 24/5/08
Wish I could enter multiple tags from the get-go instead of having to deliberately click planets, but here's my screencast, complete with Star Trekky voiceover:
» [www.flickr.com]
Fun!
Torley
Torley
Posted 2:25 AM 24/5/08
Oh my gosh, this looks trippy - I'm going to try it shortly. I like different ways of visualizing visuals (ha!), and two of my other faves happen to be:
» [www.airtightinteractive.com]
and this very popular Firefox add-on:
» [www.piclens.com]
I'm still looking for an elegant way to simply show Flickr images (based on certain search criteria) in blocks similar to popurls on a single page, tho - anyone have any pointers?
Very cool that the screencast vid for this was posted on Flickr video; now I have an urge to do one myself.
Torley
Dom
Posted 12:44 AM 24/5/08
While this is an incredibly cool visualization, I have to agree with L0neRanger that it really isn't all that useful. For me it would just be another navigation barrier
Dom
Leeteacher
Posted 11:55 PM 23/5/08
@L0neRanger: must disagree with you friendo. Mashups (even though this is one in the most liberal sense) are valuable because people read and interpret information differently. When you scroll down a list of flickr photos, you might be gaining some knowledge about the person who took them, etc. But someone else might just see a column a pictures, without picking up on the contextual stuff. This is a way of looking at pictures in a different way that might also provide contextual info.
Leeteacher
caedus
Posted 10:56 PM 23/5/08
cute, but dumb. geez, is my account ever going to be activated?
caedus
L0neRanger
Posted 10:30 PM 23/5/08
Why would anyone want to view flickr images in space? Its not like we are viewing images of space or the stars.
Its lame.
L0neRanger
nicholaspowiull
Posted 10:23 PM 23/5/08
Thank you for sharing this indeed!
nicholaspowiull
Silver_Back
Posted 9:44 PM 23/5/08
WOW! I think I really really like the look of this. Awesome link LH! ;)
Silver_Back