At Flickr and at Yahoo Labs, we set out to provide something more substantial for researchers around the globe.Ī 1 million photo sample of the 48 million geotagged photos from the dataset plotted around the globe. However, scientific efforts outside of industry have relied on various sized efforts of one-off datasets for research. On Flickr, photos, their metadata, their social ecosystem, and the pixels themselves make for a vibrant environment for answering many research questions at scale. And of these services, Flickr has been a great repository of images that are free to share via Creative Commons. A back of the envelope estimation reports 10% of all photos in the world were taken in the last 12 months, and that was calculated three years ago. Photos automatically leave their capture (and formerly captive) devices to many sharing services. Today the photograph is something different.

From the old world of unprocessed rolls of C-41 sitting in a fridge 20 years ago to sharing photos on the 1.5' screen of a point and shoot camera 10 years back. Today the photograph has transformed again. One Hundred Million Creative Commons Flickr Images for Research

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