Zoto Launches New Smart Tags, Geotagging and Photoblogging Features; Photo Storage, Sharing and Publishing Tools for Novices and Experts.OKLAHOMA CITY Oklahoma City (1990 pop. 444,719), state capital, and seat of Oklahoma co., central Okla., on the North Canadian River; inc. 1890. The state's largest city, it is an important livestock market, a wholesale, distribution, industrial, and financial center, and a farm , Okla. -- Zoto, an online photo management site for bloggers, today revealed three powerful new tools to help users catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. , share and publish their images. Zoto's geotagging system allows anyone with a GPS-enabled camera phone to automatically plot their photos onto graphic and satellite maps. Smart Tags (1) A browser plug-in that recognizes words and phrases on Web pages and automatically turns them into links to advertisers or dictionary/encyclopedia definitions. Although users like smart tags, Web site publishers dislike them, because they make it easy for the user to jump off , the site's new proprietary image management system, uses contextual data to help users organize and quickly locate photos. In addition, exclusive new publishing capabilities provide users with the convenience of adding text and images to their blogs directly from Zoto. "We're pleased to announce these unique tools, which meet the complicated organizational and publishing needs of advanced users such as photobloggers, as well as making online photo management easier for everyday enthusiasts," said Kord Campbell, founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Zoto. GEOTAGGING Consumers with camera phones that add GPS data (latitude and longitude latitude and longitude Coordinate system by which the position or location of any place on the Earth's surface can be determined and described. Latitude is a measurement of location north or south of the Equator. ) to photos, or a Garmin GPS device, may now use Zoto to automatically plot their photos onto graphic and satellite maps. By the end of 2006, all camera phones sold in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. will add such GPS data to camera phone images as mandated by federal law. SMART TAGS Smart Tag, the site's new proprietary image organization system, adds context to tags for the first time. While tagging photos in general has gained popularity over the last few years, its relevancy has been limited. For example, a traditional image search for "Spot" may result in photos of family pets, clothing stains This article is about the French commune. For the town in Surrey, England, see Staines. For other uses, see Stain (disambiguation). Stains is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 11.6 km. (7.2 miles) from the center of Paris. and locations. With Zoto's SmartTag system, users tag images and quickly sort the tags into "who," "what," "where," and "when" dimensions. This results in a photo of Spot, the family dog, tagged with "Spot" under "What," "Dorthy's backyard," under "Where," and "Dorthy's birthday," under "When." If future photos are taken of the same GPS location, Zoto will be able to recognize it and automatically tag those as "Dorthy's backyard": if more photos were taken on the same date, Zoto will automatically tag those as "Dorthy's birthday" as well. Smart Tags are easily applied to large batches of uploads. BLOG PUBLISHING Photobloggers who use Blogger, MoveableType, Word Press, Friendster, and MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). Spaces hosting services can now use Zoto to add images and write and style text for their blogs. A new "What You See Is What You Get (jargon) What You See Is What You Get - (WYSIWYG) /wiz'ee-wig/ Describes a user interface for a document preparation system under which changes are represented by displaying a more-or-less accurate image of the way the document will finally appear, e.g. when printed. " (WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) Pronounced "wiz-ee-wig." It refers to displaying text and graphics on screen the same as they will print on paper or display on a Web page. ) editing tool makes Zoto the first online photo service to offer bloggers the convenience of adding text and photos directly to their pages from an independent site. Most blog hosts have different photo requirements and upload limits, and cause bloggers to lose their images during switches among host service providers. Zoto resolves these problems by allowing members to store unlimited numbers of photos in a central location, and by posting copies of images to any blog, on any location, while keeping the original archived. ALSO ON ZOTO Sharing: Privacy is a universal concern for all online imaging users. Zoto offers unique permissions perimeters (parameters?), which enable users to set private, public, friends, and friends-of-friends designations on every photo in their account. Storage: Zoto will offer increased photo storage capacities to meet the needs of serious photobloggers and casual imaging enthusiasts. Free accounts offer users unlimited uploads and up to 2GB (approximately 2,000 3-megapixel photos) of storage. Premium accounts offer unlimited uploads, advanced privacy features and an industry-leading 5GB (approximately 5,000 3-megapixel photos) of storage. Additional space is available for serious hobbyists, large families or groups and professional photographers. ABOUT ZOTO Zoto is a Web-based photo storage, sharing and publishing site. Zoto was founded in 2004 by Kord Campbell, Rick Dunning and Trey Stout stout, alcoholic beverage: see beer. and is privately funded. Zoto is based in Oklahoma City, OK, with a business development office in Berkeley, CA. For more information, visit www.Zoto.com. |
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