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I have been contacted by Schmap again regarding permission to use one of my photos from Flickr – this time for their Schmap Turin Third Edition. The photo they would like to use is of a copy of the Shroud of Jesus. The photo has been shortlisted meaning they are considering it for their guide. It may or may not make it in should I give them permission to use it.

Surely I have better photos to use than that one. I love sharing my photos with anyone who wants to see them but I’d rather share the better photos. I guess it being a travel guide they are just looking for photos of the sites they are recommending instead of me trying various angles to make artsy photos.

As a side note, Yahoo! Photos will close on Thursday, September 20, 2007. (I never liked it so there’s no loss for me.) They have set up processes to easily move photos to Flickr, KODAK Gallery, Shutterfly, Snapfish, or Photobucket. Since I use Flickr, I chose to have my Yahoo! Photos moved there. As a result Flickr gave me 3 extra months on my Pro account. Cool.

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A week or so ago I was contacted by Schmap, an online travel guide that’s a mashup of reviews, Yahoo Maps and Flickr photos, regarding shortlisting one of my Hawaii photos for their Schmap Hawaii Third Edition. Even though they are a commercial site, I gave them permission to include the photo. What the heck.

Today I received an email that my photo has been included. That would have been fine but they included a link to a widget that I should include on my site to tell everyone that my photo has been included. So not only do they get to use my photo for free (which I don’t have a problem with) but they expect me to help them advertise as well? Ah, no.

I wonder, though, if this is a simple marketing ploy where vanity causes a Flickr-er to advertise their site simply because of bragging rights. This would be similar to the publishers who solicit you for material to include in a book that they then get you to purchase. Or maybe this is how they contact people that they know travel to get them to use their guides. I had not heard of them until now. It’s not like it’s Lonely Planet, Fodors or Frommers, all of which my friends and I tend to use when we travel.

Something I find funny is that they are posting the photo in the Hilo section. As I remember it, this was on the Kona side of the Big Island at the Kona Joe Coffee Plantation.

I have mentioned the site but this is no endorsement. I will reserve some healthy skepticism.

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Tags: kona, hawaii, schmap, photo inclusion