Jim Haysom | This Is Your Life an internet professional in digital advertising

Reminiscing holidays with Google Earth

Do you ever find after viewing the many photos from an amazing holiday once back home, they seem to find themselves sitting in a drawer or shoe box for years getting dusty?

Back in the days of 35mm film and my Canon EOS 30 SLR camera, I would take rolls of film when on holiday. Just because you couldn't view the image straight away, you had to take the extra to make sure you got that special photo.

I have got some of the special photos blown up and framed, from Thailand, Dubai and the Maldives. However now digital cameras have made it quicker and easier to share, there are some cool photo websites that you can use, such as Flickr and Photobox.

But seeing lots of photos of a place you have been to on these sites is engaging in 2D, it's the 3D that really gets me excited.

Google Earth uses the satelite images you find in Google Maps, and stitches them all together and adds roads, terrain and more to give it a real experience.

What better way than to reminiscing those holidays in 3D. There is also a solution to upload your photos and tag them so others looking at a location can see exactly what it's like.

It makes reminiscing down memory trip lane a much more rewarding experience, when you can see photos from other people around the world, and contribute with you little piece of history too.