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Published: 8 October 2007
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Contribute a Document, Study, image collection, or other textual piece
We have a number of areas that accept content, see Content on GeographView images in Google Earth
Visit this page (linked from the homepage), the recommended method is the Superlayer, linked at the top of the page. But you will also find various [KML] links around the site that will give you specific results for what you currently viewing. KML stands for Keyhole Markup Language, and is a generic file format for presenting three dimensional data (such as photos and their location) - Keyhole was the former name of the company that created Google Earth. See also Ways to view Geograph Images
, that details other ways to view images.Search previous Discussion Topics
When on a discussion page, the 'Search Forum' box top right will search previous threads.- If you enter a Grid Reference or Postcode, will search for Grid Square Discussions centred around the location.
Finding images used in the Discussion area
- You can enter the Image ID/Number, to find posts/threads mentioning that image.
- The old advanced image search also allows you to search images mentioned in threads, either specific thread, or any topic. This is great for finding images used by a specific contributor for example - but note it's not cross referenced to the posts themselves.
- this page may also be of interest.
Get quick access to searching Geograph Images
See this page for details on adding Geograph to the search box in your Browser (or at least the major popular ones).Subscribe to a square
To get email notification when new images are added to a grid square which interests you.- Create a search that only finds images in the given square, in reverse date submitted order.
- From the search results page, grab the RSS feed link (at the bottom of the page).
- Subscribe to the feed using one of the many RSS2Email services such as feedmyinbox.com.
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