PicasaWeb adds Map feature and goes Mobile

PicasaWeb just got new update today, which allows you to map your photos to location where the photo is taken right inside PicasaWeb album. You can enter just a single location for an entire album, or place each photo from an album to a small map using drag and drop.

If you are in a particular album page, just click on "Map Photos" button (which indicated with icon) located near "Slideshow" - or you can click on the "Map Photos" link located at bottom-left corner - a Google Maps widget pops up on next page and lets you search for a location. After that, you can drag & drop favorite photos to location where you took the the snapshots.

The most impressive is the combination between a map and a slideshow. If you select a mapped photo and click on "play", the photos will move on the map according to their locations.

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You can view sample photos album here.

The Picasa desktop client also can easily GeoTag photos (add geographical identification) using integrated Google Earth

There's more. PicasaWeb just launched a version which built specifically for mobile devices - PicasaWeb mobile. With the PicasaWeb for mobile, you can access your favorite photos on the go using a mobile phone. Thumbnails and photos are automatically resized to fit your mobile screen, so your photos always look good and download fast.

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You’ll be presented with a list of your albums after you logged in to your Google Account, and clicking on an individual album will reveal a tiny thumbnail. If you select that tiny thumbnail, a not-so-tiny-but-still-small thumbnail of the image will appear.

It's very simple, clean. Not only browsing, but also the mobile version of Picasa Web Albums lets you add a quick comment on a photos, using your phone. And of course, you can use Search to find your photos, and you can browse you Favorite photos on your mobile as well. All you need to is a phone with a web browser and a data plan.