Eric Fisher has been geomapping Flickr photos of cities around the world. He tracks the locations of photos taken by locals (blue) and tourists/out-of-towners (red). This is what Wellington looks like:
There are noticeable tourist areas around Te Papa, Mt Victoria lookout and Parliament. Tourists and locals are both dominant along Courtenay Place, Cuba Street, Lambton Quay and the waterfront. Aro Valley gets a locals-only burst of blue, as do Te Aro streets off the golden mile.
The New York version of this has been touted as a way for locals to avoid tourists, but the way Wellington’s compact geography works, there’s really nowhere to run. And besides, our tourists are quite nice.
Click though for a look at the bigger Wellington photo, and if you have any observations (or corrections of my notes!), share them here.
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I think it’s the Botanic Gardens.
Is that hotspot on the left Thorndon or Northland?
Magic Robyn.
Ur cool.
You bet your ass we are!
Looking forward to my next stint of tourism around Beervana time.
A local is someone who lists Wellington as their location in their Flickr profile, a tourist is someone who lists their location as somewhere other than Wellington.
I suppose it could get a little confusing if, say, you live in Lower Hutt but work in Wellington, but the pattern seems to show a significant difference between locals and non-locals.
How does he differentiate between photos taken by tourists and those by locals?