Instagram 3.0 Update Includes Photo Maps

Aug 17, 2012 by CoolAppsMan

Instagram launched their third version of the photo-sharing app on Thursday to include photo maps. The Instagram 3.0 update puts a heavy focus on geotagging, where users can organize their photos by location by plotting them on a world map. This update to the application offers a new photo browsing experience, as over time the Instagram team has found that chronological order may not be the best way to view and share photos.

Instagram 3.0 still offers the standard grid and chronological view in addition to the new photo map feature. The app only populates your map with photos that are already geotagged, and makes sure to ask explicitly before plotting your photos on a map. You are able to edit which photos are placed on your map at any time, so those hesitant to sharing geo-data need not worry.

In addition to the geotagged photo map, Instagram 3.0 features a fresh profile design, smoother user experience and elimination of performance bugs, as well as the option to mark comments as spam. However, the real story in the photo-sharing application’s update is the switch from a production to a browsing experience. Instagram 2.0 released new photo filters to enhance the way users produce photos. Instagram 3.0 released photo maps to enhance the way users organize, discover, and explore photos. Most of the time users are not concerned about what photos are taken right now, but rather what photos were taken at that one location or event.

With over 80 million users and 4 billion photos, Instagram hopes to one day have all their photos geotagged. Kevin Systrom, chief executive and co-founder of Instagram, presents the idea of how great it would have been to be able to view a live feed of photos geotagged on the map from the London Olympics. In an interview with TechCrunch, Kevin Systrom said Instagram 3.0 will hopefully one day provide “a backstage pass to anywhere in the world.”

While the ability to tune into an event on your iPhone or Android from anywhere in the world sounds like a wonderful idea, there are still improvements to be made. Currently you can only view a single user’s photo map by going to their profile. Until Instagram releases another update that combines photos from multiple users onto one map, with the ability to search by location or event, this backstage pass concept is incomplete. Regardless, Instagram is definitely onto something as they take advantage of the geotagging trend.

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