How to find a cool place with the help of Instagram
Web Services Inspiration / / December 24, 2019
Recently, a French guy Benjamin Netter invented a cool way to travel via Instagram, Foursquare and Wikipedia. The most impressive part of this method lies in the fact that, on average, do you spend on this site is not more than 13 minutes and learn cool new places that would like to visit.
Netter claims that professional photo much less convey the atmosphere of a real space than pictures from Instagram, made by ordinary people. When he realized this law, the idea was born to see the world through the eyes of other people.
Every time he encounters a beautiful photo of the abandoned city, the desert or the ocean in Instagram, they are sent to the database Somewhere - a service that provides insight into the unusual places all over the world.
The script automatically picks 150 Instagram images for a certain location. Thanks to Face Detection algorithm script eliminates photographs of people against the backdrop of something and only gives a good selection of photos of beautiful places. After that, all you need to do Netter - is to choose the most beautiful picture.
Somewhere also use Foursquare and Wikipedia, to draw a map and description of the terrain, so you not only see, but also learn a summary. If interested, you can always press «read more» and continue to study the terrain in Wikipedia, or click on the map and see it in detail.
Instagram helps you choose
During the creation of Somewhere, Netter realized how huge Instagram base. In fact, you can use it as a great platform to extract useful information. For example, if you're looking at the most popular places in Instagrame in the last 7 days, you will immediately see where the biggest turnout of tourists this season.
But the most beautiful thing in Somewhere - it was his switch. Clicking on the large blue button «Somewhere else», you are transported to another place: see the city, the natural attraction or interesting building.
The service has no business model or any far-reaching plans. Somewhere - it's just a dream, you can make a reality.