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THey're saying you can use the geo-tags on pictures (along with the site's ability to find pictures taken in a certain area) to determine whether you'd like to
by wccrawford 10y ago
THey're saying you can use the geo-tags on pictures (along with the site's ability to find pictures taken in a certain area) to determine whether you'd like to go there or not, and plan your trip accordingly. They keep saying "guidebook", like you'd make your own list of destinations in that area that you want to visit.
I basically made our Tokyo tour without using a professional tour guide, and knowing this about Instagram (assuming it applies to Tokyo) would have been very nice at the time.
Edit: After playing with it a bit, I don't see how this would work well at all. I was unable to "explore" without knowing exactly what I wanted to explore in the first place, so it wasn't any good for planning a trip to a new place.
- tedmiston 10y agoYou could browse common hashtags like #tokyo or the location tags of the major neighborhoods, but you're right that this works better when you have a list of destinations or places that you're curious about and would like to see what they're really like. I do this myself, but even I admit the author's point, or terminology at least, is exaggerated. Sometimes I bookmark restaurants in NYC after seeing some particularly good food on Instagram.