Cool iPhone App, Part I - Stuck On Earth

Since DV Dude is about to impart on his annual summer vacation, here's one final blog entry that is fitting for a summer day.

There are a ton of cool apps out there for your iPad, iPhone or Android phone, and this is one of them. Essentially Stuck On Earth is a map of the world, and as you zoom into a specific place, say the Scarborough Bluffs or Yosemite National Park, it shows you pictures of that exact place that other photographers have already taken and uploaded to Flickr or other sites (with the GeoTag info).

What this does is let you pre-scout places to go photograph by seeing what other photographers have already done. DV Dude used this app before going to Mono Lake, California in April, and is was really helpful on figuring out the best places to go. It is sort of like Google Street View for photographers.

The promise of the internet and sharing crowdsourcing information hasn't quite really been harnessed that well, but this app shows what a little ingenuity can do.

Check it out on their web site - www.stuckonearthapp.com, or in the App Store or Google Play store. Highly recommended.