Woophy News Woophy latest news, updates and announcements en-us Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://www.woophy.com/news/newsletter/ Guus from India to Nepal, back to India and now entering Pakistan http://www.woophy.com/news/newsletter/ Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0200 joris http://www.woophy.com/news/newsletter/ May has been a very busy month for Guus. First he went to visit the birthplace of Buddha in the Nepali town of Lumbini. Then he went back to India to stroll along the alleys of Old Delhi. And at last Guus entered Pakistan where he joined a demonstration and took part in some arms and drug deals. Read his fascinating observations in the Woophy Travelblog

Buddha’s Birthplace, Under Construction, Lumbini Nepal

Old Delhi, a photo report, India

Anti Musharraf Protest in Lahore Pakistan

Guns, Drugs and Hospitality in Pakistan's Wild West, Peshawar Pakistan]]> Google finally caught up with Woophy http://www.woophy.com/news/newsletter/ Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0200 joris http://www.woophy.com/news/newsletter/ Of course we at Woophy don’t have the illusion that we can compete with Google. There are probably more than 100,000 websites on earth which are bigger and more significant than Woophy, and Google is definitely one of them.

But in the past three or four years we had the illusion that we were much better in showing a large number of pictures/information on the map than Google. We could show more than 2,000 dots on our map while Google maps (not Earth) only showed a limited amount of information (dots) on their map. In fact Google did not even show photos on the map.

The good news for Google is that they finally caught up with us. The new Google maps is now able to show really huge amounts of pictures, take a look here. We have to admit that it works really smooth and very precise.

Does this mean that Woophy lost its reason of existence? Well we don’t think so, we think that the meaning of Woophy is our community of dedicated and talented photographers (you!) and the high quality and significance of the pictures on the site.

If you like to discuss about the significance of Woophy in comparison with Google and Panoramio just go to this forum topic.]]> Kennel Member of the Month http://www.woophy.com/news/newsletter/ Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0200 joris http://www.woophy.com/news/newsletter/ Long time member Kennel from Tokyo is this months ‘Member of the Month’. Kennel has a sharp eye for special subjects, if you watch his portfolio you will find the broadest selection of pictures like fried cockroaches, free hugs, Japanese rockabilly, Eritrean cycling, Easter Island tourism, beautiful scientists, blind masseurs and the best octopus picture ever.

Thank you Kennel for sharing your extraordinary view of the world. A Woophy T-shirt will be sent to Tokyo.]]> Woophy gems http://www.woophy.com/news/newsletter/ Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0200 joris http://www.woophy.com/news/newsletter/
This month a selection of pictures from:

Afghanistan

Bangladesh

Chili


Denmark


Finland


In the next newsletter another selection of gems]]> Members propose Walther for a T-shirt http://www.woophy.com/news/newsletter/ Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0200 joris http://www.woophy.com/news/newsletter/ Thank you Fercar, Geoffrey Mcelwaine, Trudy, Christina C., Geert Geenen, Iria.B, Ronaldo, Ray9, Bernhard, Saw Seng Ee, Klaas, Ormond, Gérard, Lali, Laura C., Camille, Sjs, Liz, Ana Afonso, Dolo, Miguel, Aline, Christian, Ruden Fretsbo for your nominations.

Despite heavy competition Walther is the clear winner of this months Woophy T-shirt. Congratulations Walther a Woophy T-shirt will be send to Brazil.

Walther 4

Martin De Rijk 3
Sjs 3

Www.Jgreentree.Co.Uk 2
Laura C. 2

Luis Borges Alves 2
Tanjica 2

Aiso
Aline
Ana Helena
A.Miguel Oliveira
Bernhard
David Carpenter
Fercar
Flyer
Karl-Ivar Ingebrigtsen
Klaas
Lali
Lena
Oclaus
Paulo.Trindade
TBM]]> Everywhere Magazine & Woophy - get 5$ off subscription fee http://www.woophy.com/news/newsletter/ Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0200 joris http://www.woophy.com/news/newsletter/
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(advertorial)]]> Ruden and Malice Win Unofficial Contest http://www.woophy.com/news/newsletter/ Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 +0200 New Unofficial Contest http://www.woophy.com/news/newsletter/
In this article we present you with the winners of the contest for the most beautiful picture of April 2008. Yes, we have more than one winner this month!


April 2008



First winner: The title Most Beautiful Picture of March 2008 goes to picture 531726 by Malice. Congratulations, Malice. We have recommended you for a Woophy icon.








Second winner: The title Most Beautiful Picture of March 2008 equally goes to picture 519464 by Ruden Fretsbo. Kudos to you, Ruden. You too will be awarded a winner's icon.





Click here to congratulate the winners and to see more pictures that scored high in the contest. You'll find pictures of excellent quality!


To see all the entries to the April’08 contest click here. The contest is now closed, but you can still add your own most beautiful picture of April to the topic.


Next month we'll run the contest for the most beautiful picture of May 2008. We'll be open for entries and votes between 5 and 19 June. Keep an eye on the Forums and the Woophy Newsletter if you plan to take part.


Greetings from the Unofficial Contest,

Oscar_ and Ruud~]]>