Woophy
Encyclopedia
Woophy is a photo sharing
website
and an online community
where members can put their photos on a world map
. Founded in 2005 by Joris van Hoytema, Hoyte van Hoytema
and Marcel Geenevasen, the site has over 39,300 members and contains around a million photos from over 43,000 cities and villages in the world. Most of the uploaded pictures are from surroundings, buildings, nature and problems in the world.
Woophy also has an active forum where photographers discuss their photos in a critical way.
Woophy now has a finance deal with Eurobookings.com which should enable it to survive through the use of advertising.
Photo sharing
Photo sharing is the publishing or transfer of a user's digital photos online, thus enabling the user to share them with others . This function is provided through both websites and applications that facilitate the upload and display of images...
website
Website
A website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet...
and an online community
Online community
An online community is a virtual community that exists online and whose members enable its existence through taking part in membership ritual. An online community can take the form of an information system where anyone can post content, such as a Bulletin board system or one where only a restricted...
where members can put their photos on a world map
World map
A world map is a map of the surface of the Earth, which may be made using any of a number of different map projections. A map projection is any method of representing the surface of a sphere or other three-dimensional body on a plane....
. Founded in 2005 by Joris van Hoytema, Hoyte van Hoytema
Hoyte van Hoytema
Hoyte van Hoytema is a Dutch cinematographer who studied at the Polish National Filmschool in Lodz. He has worked primarily in the Scandinavian countries, but also in Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom.-Life and work:Hoyte van Hoytema has shot several features, documentaries and...
and Marcel Geenevasen, the site has over 39,300 members and contains around a million photos from over 43,000 cities and villages in the world. Most of the uploaded pictures are from surroundings, buildings, nature and problems in the world.
Woophy also has an active forum where photographers discuss their photos in a critical way.
Woophy now has a finance deal with Eurobookings.com which should enable it to survive through the use of advertising.