Context data in geo-referenced digital photo collections
Published 10 October 2004
Mor Naaman, Susumu Harada, Qianying Wang, Héctor García-Molina, Andreas Paepcke
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The contextual metadata that is automatically assembled for a photograph, given time and location, is described, as well as a browser interface that utilizes that metadata.
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Given time and location information about digital photographs we can automatically generate an abundance of related contextual metadata, using off-the-shelf and Web-based data sources. Among these are the local daylight status and weather conditions at the time and place a photo was taken. This metadata has the potential of serving as memory cues and filters when browsing photo collections, especially as these collections grow into the tens of thousands and span dozens of years.
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