Fotopedia
Encyclopedia
Fotopedia is a photo encyclopedia
that, as of August 2011, has generated more than 51,000 pages and linked to over 755,000 photos.
Fotopedia was launched in June 2009 by 5 former Apple employees: Jean-Marie Hullot
, Bertrand Guiheneuf, Manuel Colom, Sébastien Maury and Olivier Gutknecht.
Members can create photo-driven articles which include Wikipedia
and Google Maps
information. They can add a limited number of photos per day resulting in a high quality selection of photos. The range of topics varies widely from precise locations, music bands or species to countries and famous people. As well as taking part in the encyclopedia, professional and amateur photographers on Fotopedia can create albums to display their works, use Wikipedia
articles to add context and to advertise popular albums. Fotopedia also has several social networking features, such as a profile page and ability to interact with other users and content.
Fotopedia supports Creative Commons
licenses, enabling photos to be reused throughout the encyclopedia. Joi Ito
, CEO of Creative Commons
, is a board member.
Encyclopedia
An encyclopedia is a type of reference work, a compendium holding a summary of information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge....
that, as of August 2011, has generated more than 51,000 pages and linked to over 755,000 photos.
Fotopedia was launched in June 2009 by 5 former Apple employees: Jean-Marie Hullot
Jean-Marie Hullot
Jean-Marie Hullot is a French computer scientist and programmer who authored important programs for the original Macintosh, NeXTSTEP and Mac OS X platforms. These include the SOS Interface for the Mac, which later became Interface Builder for NeXTSTEP , and later still evolved into an important...
, Bertrand Guiheneuf, Manuel Colom, Sébastien Maury and Olivier Gutknecht.
Members can create photo-driven articles which include Wikipedia
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its 20 million articles have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world. Almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the site,...
and Google Maps
Google Maps
Google Maps is a web mapping service application and technology provided by Google, free , that powers many map-based services, including the Google Maps website, Google Ride Finder, Google Transit, and maps embedded on third-party websites via the Google Maps API...
information. They can add a limited number of photos per day resulting in a high quality selection of photos. The range of topics varies widely from precise locations, music bands or species to countries and famous people. As well as taking part in the encyclopedia, professional and amateur photographers on Fotopedia can create albums to display their works, use Wikipedia
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its 20 million articles have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world. Almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the site,...
articles to add context and to advertise popular albums. Fotopedia also has several social networking features, such as a profile page and ability to interact with other users and content.
Fotopedia supports Creative Commons
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons...
licenses, enabling photos to be reused throughout the encyclopedia. Joi Ito
Joi Ito
is a Japanese activist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist and Director of the MIT Media Lab.Ito has received recognition for his role as an entrepreneur focused on Internet and technology companies and has founded, among other companies, PSINet Japan, Digital Garage and Infoseek Japan. He maintains...
, CEO of Creative Commons
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons...
, is a board member.