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Join thousands of fellow travellers as we build
a photographic Rough Guide to the World

The Rough Guide to the World is an interactive photography website optimised for Microsoft Internet Explorer 9, which uses HTML 5 combined with Rough Guides content and photography on Flickr to create a compelling worldwide travel experience.

Discover 200 memorable experiences from Rough Guides' "Make the Most of Your Time on Earth" book and unearth thousands of photos posted by fellow travellers on Flickr. Then share your favourite experiences with friends, and submit your own photos to help build a Rough Guide to the World!

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a heading to
find out more

Visit the Rough
Guides web site

Click to find out more about
how to make the most of
your time on earth.

Drag the map

Click and hold anywhere
on the map to move it
around the screen.

Collect and share your
favourite experiences

Add experiences to a favourites list,
rank the top ten and then view or
share with your friends using
Twitter, Facebook or email.

See photos from the location

Click here to access a gallery of photos from
this part of the world. If the tile is empty,
you'll be invited to submit pictures taken
at this location.

Add your own images

Want to get involved and submit your
own images? Click here to get started.

Zoom and reset the map

Get up close or take a step back using zoom.
Use 'reset' to return to the original scale.

Click and drag the compass

Click and hold the compass, then drag
it around the screen to magnify tiles.
Clicking on the image in the magnifier
opens the tile.

What happens when
I click a photo tile?

Click on a tile with a photo to
reveal more about the location.
This may simply be its geo-
location details and a photo set.
Or it might provide information
about the great experiences to
be found there.

Looking for something?

Find images: Search using
keywords or by Flickr user name.

Find a location

Click on a grey square to find its geo-location.
Clicking also triggers a Flickr search for the
tile that may return more images. If not, why
not add some?

Using the compass

Use the view compass to search
for and filter experiences from the
Rough Guides Make the Most of
Your Time on Earth book as well
as photos drawn from Flickr.

Show all: Displays 200 experiences selected from the book as well as photos submitted by our community tagged 'RoughGuides'. In addition, the map will show 2,500 of the most recent geo-located images from Flickr.

All Experiences: Displays the 200
Make the Most of Your Time on Earth experiences only.

Experience types: Filter the 200 experiences from the book by category.

Rough Guides Map: Photos submitted by you and our community and tagged 'RoughGuides'.

Share this site with friends

Share your experiences on Facebook, Twitter or by email.

Got a question?

No problem. Most queries
can be answered quickly by
clicking on this list.

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