[HOT] HOT Photo Storage and Sharing

[Yantisa Akhadi]

If we want to build our own "Flickr" there are some options available, such
as

- Piwigo (http://piwigo.org/)
- Coppermine (http://coppermine-gallery.net/)

Piwigo is quite popular with features such as upload from Android/iOS
devices and extendable through plugins. Indeed we need server with lots of
space.

Regards,
Yantisa Akhadi


On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 4:44 AM, william skora <skorasaurus at gmail.com>wrote:

> As the fieldwork for Hotties with the CAP103 Northern Haiti project has
> begun to wind down and the opportunity to upload photos is much better for
> us, we've had some internal discussions about where to upload photos and
> how HOT can better store and share images in the future.
>
> Drawing from these conversations, we thought there was a need for a
> central place to share project photos and browse them in an intuitive
> fashion. We thought Flickr, who recently increased their free storage to 1
> terabyte (!), would be a great solution. They also use open source software
> quite a bit, OSM in some instances for their maps, and uploading is
> relatively easy for people of various technical abilities.
>
> Here, we could pick out photos for organizational reports, presentations
> at conferences, hot.openstreetmap.org, etc; People could view
>
> So far, there is a HOT flickr user account -
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/hotosm
> We've uploaded several photos from the Northern Haiti project and short
> videos up there.
> One drawback for this account is that you must have the hotosm gmail
> password to post into this account, so I also created a flickr group for
> HOT.
>
> This allows anyone (mapping party participants, for example) who has a
> flickr account to add their photos (already uploaded to their personal
> flickr account) to the HOT Group. http://www.flickr.com/groups/hotosm
> The drawback to this is that photos aren't able to be sorted or organized
> as I understand.
>
> The flickr group and user account is not completely organized. Feedback on
> organizing it (creating sets or collections based on projects ? country ?)
> (or even using alternative services) are welcome.
> Also welcome you to share your photos there too !
>
> As we discussed this, a couple other purposes for photos popped into my
> mind and my thoughts:
>
> A] a place that would have long term storage of our photos, for archival's
> sake. Although were a young organization HOT will be in existence for the
> indefinite future and each of us won't be around or involved in HOT
> forever.
>
> B] a place those out in the field, often with a slow internet connection
> and very limited time, could quickly upload and share photos through social
> media.
>
> Scenario A: Down the line in the future, I'm guess likely a web server
> with some redundant storage as well.
>
> Scenario B: This is user preference although HOT already has strong
> presence on twitter and facebook and can easily reach out to people that
> way. In my experience, twitter was quite useful, as I could upload a photo
> directly from the android phone. Others have used facebook and instagram as
> well. Unfortunately, flickr's mobile application on the android is not very
> intuitive and isn't as easy as other mentioned options.
>
> Regards,
> Will Skora
>
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