<s>
Panoramio	B-Algorithm
was	O
a	O
geo-located	O
tagging	O
,	O
photo	B-Algorithm
sharing	I-Algorithm
mashup	B-Application
active	O
between	O
2005	O
and	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Photos	O
uploaded	O
to	O
the	O
site	O
were	O
accessible	O
as	O
a	O
layer	O
in	O
Google	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
and	O
Google	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
's	O
goal	O
was	O
to	O
allow	O
Google	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
users	O
to	O
learn	O
more	O
about	O
a	O
given	O
area	O
by	O
viewing	O
the	O
photos	O
that	O
other	O
users	O
had	O
taken	O
at	O
that	O
location	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Panoramio	B-Algorithm
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Panoramio	B-Algorithm
was	O
launched	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
and	O
closed	O
on	O
November	O
4	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
layer	O
in	O
Google	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
was	O
available	O
until	O
January	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Panoramio	B-Algorithm
by	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
the	O
headquarters	O
were	O
located	O
in	O
Zurich	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
office	O
building	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Switzerland	O
,	O
but	O
subsequently	O
were	O
moved	O
to	O
Mountain	O
View	O
,	O
California	O
,	O
US	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Panoramio	B-Algorithm
was	O
started	O
in	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
2005	O
by	O
Spanish	O
entrepreneurs	O
Joaquín	O
Cuenca	O
Abela	O
and	O
Eduardo	O
Manchón	O
Aguilar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2006	O
Google	B-Application
began	O
approaches	O
to	O
acquire	O
the	O
company	O
,	O
but	O
these	O
were	O
rebuffed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
on	O
May	O
30	O
,	O
2007	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
plans	O
to	O
acquire	O
the	O
website	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
in	O
July	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
16	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
intended	O
to	O
close	O
Panoramio	B-Algorithm
and	O
migrate	O
it	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
Views	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
23	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Panoramio	B-Algorithm
's	O
founders	O
launched	O
a	O
petition	O
entitled	O
"	O
Google	B-Application
:	O
Keep	O
The	O
Panoramio	B-Algorithm
Community	O
Alive	O
"	O
,	O
requesting	O
that	O
Google	B-Application
refrain	O
from	O
closing	O
Panoramio	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
2	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
continue	O
to	O
operate	O
Panoramio	B-Algorithm
until	O
a	O
better	O
solution	O
could	O
be	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
announcement	O
,	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
James	O
Therrien	O
,	O
stated	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
30	O
,	O
2016	O
another	O
petition	O
was	O
launched	O
by	O
Stuart	O
Smith	O
,	O
a	O
Panoramio	B-Algorithm
user	O
from	O
Australia	O
,	O
to	O
request	O
Google	B-Application
to	O
maintain	O
the	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
continuing	O
popularity	O
of	O
the	O
site	O
and	O
both	O
petition	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
on	O
October	O
5	O
,	O
2016	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
decided	O
to	O
close	O
Panoramio	B-Algorithm
on	O
November	O
4	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
access	O
their	O
photos	O
in	O
Panoramio	B-Algorithm
for	O
a	O
year	O
,	O
but	O
were	O
unable	O
to	O
add	O
new	O
photos	O
,	O
likes	O
,	O
or	O
comments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
4	O
November	O
2016	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
removed	O
all	O
user	O
facilities	O
from	O
the	O
site	O
apart	O
from	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
delete	O
photos	O
,	O
connect/disconnect	O
with	O
Google+	O
,	O
and	O
delete	O
an	O
account	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
said	O
it	O
left	O
uploaded	O
images	O
on	O
display	O
for	O
12	O
months	O
before	O
Panoramio	B-Algorithm
was	O
completely	O
retired	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Panoramio	B-Algorithm
asked	O
users	O
to	O
organize	O
images	O
using	O
tags	B-General_Concept
(	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
metadata	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
allow	O
searchers	O
to	O
find	O
images	O
concerning	O
a	O
certain	O
topic	O
such	O
as	O
place	O
name	O
or	O
subject	O
matter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Panoramio	B-Algorithm
was	O
also	O
an	O
early	O
website	O
to	O
implement	O
tag	B-Application
clouds	I-Application
,	O
which	O
provided	O
access	O
to	O
images	O
tagged	O
with	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
keywords	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Images	O
that	O
had	O
(	O
or	O
were	O
perceived	O
to	O
have	O
had	O
)	O
as	O
their	O
central	O
subject	O
people	O
,	O
machines	O
,	O
vehicles	O
or	O
anything	O
within	O
the	O
interiors	O
of	O
structures	O
,	O
or	O
depict	O
public	O
events	O
such	O
as	O
fairs	O
or	O
concerts	O
,	O
were	O
excluded	O
from	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Earth	O
layer	O
,	O
as	O
were	O
any	O
potentially	O
controversial	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Images	O
judged	O
to	O
be	O
too	O
creative	O
or	O
artistic	O
in	O
concept	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
constructions	O
,	O
were	O
also	O
excluded	O
from	O
Google	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
regardless	O
of	O
other	O
requirements	O
met	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
could	O
create	O
and	O
join	O
Google	B-Application
Groups	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Panoramio	B-Algorithm
had	O
an	O
official	O
iPhone	B-Device
app	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
deprecated	O
in	O
June	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Third	O
party	O
developers	O
released	O
a	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Phone	I-Protocol
7	O
version	O
of	O
Panoramio	B-Algorithm
that	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
browse	O
through	O
the	O
various	O
images	O
posted	O
to	O
www.panoramio.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
announcement	O
that	O
Panoramio	B-Algorithm
would	O
shut	O
down	O
,	O
the	O
photo-sharing	O
service	O
Mapillary	B-Application
set	O
up	O
a	O
process	O
for	O
transferring	O
one	O
's	O
Panoramio	B-Algorithm
pictures	O
to	O
their	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
published	O
in	O
Panoramio	B-Algorithm
has	O
been	O
used	O
by	O
scientists	O
,	O
local	O
and	O
governmental	O
authorities	O
as	O
a	O
proxy	O
for	O
the	O
evaluation	O
of	O
aesthetic	O
values	O
,	O
the	O
appreciation	O
of	O
different	O
landscape	O
types	O
and	O
identifying	O
hotspots	O
–	O
most	O
often	O
photographed	O
objects	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
