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2. Add to Earth's Photography

What we'll do - PUBLISH to Google Earth (well sort of - APPLY to publish anyway)! Read about your chances:
http://www.panoramio.com/blog/new-update-of-panoramio-photos-in-google-earth/ or
http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2008/11/another_500k_photos_for_google_eart.html

Here is how:

Step 1 - Create a Panoramio Account
Step 2 - Learn about Panoramio's Requirements
Step 3 - Take a  photograph and Upload to Panoramio
Step 4 - Understand how Panoramio photographs interface with Google Earth

Step 1 - Create a Panoramio Account


Go to Panoramio at:  http://www.panoramio.com/ and click on the "sign up" link in the upper right corner.  As you sign up for Panoramio you'll notice that you need to give yourself a user name (as well as put in your email address and add a password).  Use whatever name you want but remember it will be public and you'll need to remember it and your password. 

Step 2 - Learn about Panoramio's Requirements 

Panoramio isn't just your ORDINARY photo upload site, but it is a site that takes your uploaded photos (must be a landscape), reviews the photo (takes about a month) and adds them to Google Earth (for the World to see) if it meets their criteria. 

Make sure you read the Acceptance Policy that Panoramio uses to judge photos for Google Earth before you add your photo. Click this link for policy:
http://www.panoramio.com/help/#GE_2

If you upload photos that are not accepted into Google Earth, that's OK too. The photos will just remain in your Panoramio account. The screen shot belwo shows how the photos in a Panoramio account look.  Notice that some have a little blue star (accepted by Google Earth) some do not (not accepted by Google Earth).  The ones that "didn't make it" didn't meet the criteria because one had a person in it (kayaking) and the other was a close up of lady bugs.


Step 3 - Take a Landscape Photograph and Upload to Panoramio
A. Take that photo, making sure it is meeting Panoramio's criteria.  Also please note the location of the photo (you'll be putting it on a map).  Now connect your camera to your computer and download your photograph to the hard drive of your computer.

B. Return to your Panoramio site http://www.panoramio.com/, sign in and click upload and then click "Browse" to get your photo from your hard drive


C.  Once your photograph is added, type in a title and  click "Map this photo"  Then type a location into the map, when the map goes to that location,  pull the little red Placemark to the exact (as possible) location of your photograph.  You can use the plus sign on the Map to zoom in.  Once mapped, click the "Save position" button.  If you are not ready to map the photo yet, you can do this later by clicking "Cancel mapping" and return to the Panoramio site later, and click on the photo to map.  When finished,  click the "Finish" button under your photograph.


D.  To edit this photo, change its location or delete, click on the photo in your Panoramio account and you can change the location, map it or delete it.  Now we'll wait and see if Google adds your photo to Google Earth.

Step 4 - View Panoramio Photographs in Google Earth
A.  Download and install Google Earth to your computer. http://earth.google.com/   

B.  Open Google Earth and look in the Left menu for Layers.  Click down the twist arrow on Primary Database, then Geographic Web and make sure Panoramio is checked. (Screen shot of Layers in Google Earth)


C. Then zoom in on Google Earth to find the little blue squares.  Those are the Panoramio photographs that have been "accepted" in to Google Earth.  When you click on one you'll see the photograph. (Screen shot of Google Earth with Panoramio picture)


You can look at what your photograph WILL look like in Google Earth, if accepted, by clicking on your photograph in your Panoramio account and then clicking on "See in Google Earth" (Google Earth must already be installed on the computer you are using).  That will open your photograph in Google Earth but it will only be on your local machine.  It will not REALLY be in everyone's Google Earth yet. 


If you are interested in more information on Google Earth, here are some tutorials:
http://earth.google.com/userguide/v4/tutorials/index.html
http://www.youtube.com/GoogleEarthVideoHelp