Map Geeked: Where locals and tourists take pics of Philly

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Map Geeked: Where locals and tourists take pics of Philly

POSTED: Thursday, June 10, 2010, 5:21 PM
Filed Under: Maps
Illustration | Eric Fischer
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Want to feel even more estranged from the city's tourists than you already do? Check out this sweet map by Eric Fischer, creator of "Locals and Tourists" series on Flickr, which tracks where in cities locals (users whose shots are pretty much always taken in the same city, over a long period of time) take photos, versus tourists (those whose images from a particular place last for a month or less, and usually come from another city). Red means tourists; blue means locals (duh).

No shockers, but pretty cool, right?

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Mithras
Posted 2010-06-11 09:55:37
Pretty cool, but I don't understand why this should make me "feel even more estranged from the city's tourists". Tourists go to the tourist areas. This is not disappointing.

captain
Posted 2010-12-07 05:25:11
Cool!  How do I make such a map for my city?

captain
Posted 2010-12-07 09:33:15
In case anyone else wants the answer to my question, look here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/sets/72157624209158632/
I still don't know how to create my own, but it looks like many cities have had maps created already.
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