By: Aseem Gaurav on August 17, 2012
Instagram, the world’s most beloved photo editing app, has received a host of new features and bug fixes, in a recent update.
The star attraction of the new update is a feature called Photo Maps that allows users to opt for map-based display of photos by using the app's geolocation abilities. In the 3.0 version, any new photo that you take will have a toggle so that you can make the image visible on your map or chose to skip it. Since Photo Maps will now be a part of each user’s profile, you can browse the maps of your friends as well.
Giving due importance to the privacy of users, the new update prompts you to select which previously-geotagged photos may be added to your personal map. If you don’t want your photos to be displayed on Photo Map, you can use edit mode to remove them at any given moment in time, without deleting the photo itself.
When you zoom in to view the map-based display, your photos (and their numbers) will appear to be pinned to various parts of the globe, which is indeed a beautiful way to keep track of locations where you captured those moments.
While opting for Photo Maps option you need to remember, that maps belonging to public account are viewable by all users, and those of private accounts are viewable only to approved users.
Other updates include bigger grid photos, larger text boxes for captions, newly redesigned user profiles, hashtag and location pages, along with a revamped Explore tag. In addition, the new app now offers infinite scrolling so that you don’t have to tap “load more” while browsing your photos. Moreover, you also have the ability to report individual comments for being spammy or offensive. The report function is now just a ‘Report for spam’ function.
There are also several performance tweaks that makes the app faster and overall great experience.
According to Instagram, all these changes are meant to offer its consumers a better browsing experience and the way to do it was only possible through location.
By focusing greatly on geolocation and browsing experience, one thing is clear, that Instagram is determined to take its current user base of 80 million users to greater heights. With this addition, the company now has the opportunity to offer what’s happening around the globe at any given moment.
Instagram, the world’s most beloved photo editing app, has received a host of new features and bug fixes, in a recent update.
The star attraction of the new update is a feature called Photo Maps that allows users to opt for map-based display of photos by using the app's geolocation abilities. In the 3.0 version, any new photo that you take will have a toggle so that you can make the image visible on your map or chose to skip it. Since Photo Maps will now be a part of each user’s profile, you can browse the maps of your friends as well.
Giving due importance to the privacy of users, the new update prompts you to select which previously-geotagged photos may be added to your personal map. If you don’t want your photos to be displayed on Photo Map, you can use edit mode to remove them at any given moment in time, without deleting the photo itself.
When you zoom in to view the map-based display, your photos (and their numbers) will appear to be pinned to various parts of the globe, which is indeed a beautiful way to keep track of locations where you captured those moments.
While opting for Photo Maps option you need to remember, that maps belonging to public account are viewable by all users, and those of private accounts are viewable only to approved users.
Other updates include bigger grid photos, larger text boxes for captions, newly redesigned user profiles, hashtag and location pages, along with a revamped Explore tag. In addition, the new app now offers infinite scrolling so that you don’t have to tap “load more” while browsing your photos. Moreover, you also have the ability to report individual comments for being spammy or offensive. The report function is now just a ‘Report for spam’ function.
There are also several performance tweaks that makes the app faster and overall great experience.
According to Instagram, all these changes are meant to offer its consumers a better browsing experience and the way to do it was only possible through location.
By focusing greatly on geolocation and browsing experience, one thing is clear, that Instagram is determined to take its current user base of 80 million users to greater heights. With this addition, the company now has the opportunity to offer what’s happening around the globe at any given moment.
