bkdelong

I'm on a bit of a campaign right now to tell everyone with pictures on Flickr tagged as "flood" or "flooding" and taken since last Friday to "geocode" or mark the closest street address to where they were taken.

Here's what I'm sending them via "FlickrMail" in their profiles. Feel free to pass this onto friends and family who have taken pictures.

There's an option for you to go and plot where each of your flood photos were taken right on a map on Flickr. It's practically drag and drop under "Organize". This would help all the folks looking at your pics, including Red Cross Disaster services and the National Weather Service have an accurate record of what went on.
Use the "Hybrid" mode to let you see Satellite and Street maps for the best and most detailed placement. I'll be happy to help if you aren't sure how to do this.

You can see other flood photos since Fri geocoded here:
http://www.flickr.com/map/?&q=flood&fLat=41.819976&fLon=-73.95996&zl=13&min_upload_date=1176436800

If you can place each picture near the closest street address where it was taken, that will allow for the most accurate map.