So a while ago I heard this interview with a guy that had started a cool Google Earth project on North Korea. With the help of North Korean ex-pats and people scattered around the world he started tagging locations of interest all around North Korea. He has managed to tag airports, dams, military bases, missile launching sites, ground defense locations and even Kim Jong Li’s house.

This interview got the rusty wheels in my head turning, I started thinking about all those posts in forums all over the internet from photographers traveling to unvisited cities and locations looking for good locations to shoot. I have yet to travel for a wedding yet, but when I do I’m not looking forward to scouting out locations in a city I know nothing about. I would really hate to be a photographer scouting in a country who’s language he doesn’t speak!

Now, wouldn’t it be cool if a bunch of photographers got together to collaborate on a Google map just like the one for North Korea, but instead of military bases and dictator’s homes, you would have cool locations for a portrait or engagement session. What a great way to help out other photographers from all around! Then there is the local aspect, this would be a great way to spare that cool barn you found or that little bridge with the rusted support beams.

So I’m now looking for photographers from all over to help out create this map, if you are interested just drop me an email and I will shoot you off an invite to the Google map. This wouldn’t even take up a whole lot of your time. You would just pull up the map in your browser, click edit, drop a pin and then enter a small description or a photo of the location if you want… It’s that easy.

I’m expecting this to have a slow start, but once I get the word out and hopefully more people join, we’ll have one killer resource for location scouting world wide!

Update – Been a good response so far, thanks all who have contacted me asking to help out! Anyways, I do have to mention that you need a Google account to collaborate on a Google Map. So when you contact me with your email I will need the email address you use to sign into your Google account.

Tags: Photographers, Photography, Social Networking

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