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How to choose a good photo spot

A good spot is one that other people can find and re-photograph exactly — weeks, months, or years from now. What makes a spot work A fixed,...

Taking well-aligned repeat photos

The value of Ephemeros comes from photos that line up. A perfectly aligned repeat photo makes change visible; a misaligned one just looks li...

What happens after you upload

Every photo goes through a short review before it appears publicly. The review pipeline Upload — your photo syncs when you're online (you ca...

Public and private spots and lists

Everything in Ephemeros is built on spots (fixed viewpoints) and lists (collections of spots) — and both come in two flavours. Public and pr...

Map marker colours and spot states

Every pin on the map is a spot, and its colour tells you what kind of spot you're looking at. The colours Green — an approved public spot. O...

How to apply for aerial photography access

Aerial spots put the view from above on the record: fixed aerial viewpoints — construction sites, coastlines, rehabilitated mines, farmland...