360Magazine
February 7, 2017
Welcome to the first edition of 360Magazine!
First a small warning. We are currently doing a major update of our website. Everything is being changed and all old content with thousands of 360-images is removed to make room for all new content based on our new design format 360Show. All our new productions will use this format as it is optimized for all major web browsers, including iPhone/iPad and Android devices. It also looks a lot nicer...
We are currently producing in 12 cities all over the world but we want to give you a taste of what it will look like. As all image content will be produced from scratch it will take some time until full functionality is reached.
Today we will only load 3 properties, Conrad Maldives, Hilton Venice and Hilton Madrid to show you what to expect when each destination is "full". Today the category list with hotels, restaurants, bars & clubs and museums is disabled until enough highlighted partners are selected and produced. Please enjoy and send us your feedback...
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360Magazine is the editorial side of 360CityGuide. As each city or destination we feature grows with additional highlighted partners the number of 360-images, still images and video will grow.
Some would say that the abundance of images would be enough but we would like to tell a story about every city and destination we feature. The cities or destination we produce are not selected on random. These are destinations selected carefully because they are special to us.
Each destination has a unique story and we will tell that story from our point of view, as photographers and visitors.
We will also let the people from each destination to tell their story and what they would like to highlight in their city. We will ask them to recommend what not to miss while visiting their city.
Many of our website visitors also have their stories and recommendations to share as hands on experiences from the destinations. They will be our guest editors and their recommendations are highly appreciated.
November 1, 2016 was the soft launch date of our new website design. The old version of 360CityGuide had our own developed interactive maps loaded with Java and QuickTime 360-images from our early days. Mixing old technology with new productions was not an option for us as we want the best possible user experience for our online visitors.
We use Google Maps loaded with our standardized 360Show web design format to highlight all our featured partners in a city.
360Show is optimized for all major web browser including iPhone/iPad and Android Devices. The file size for the 360-images will actually adapt to what device is used to view the content. Smaller screens will automatically load smaller files and speed up download time.
Please enjoy the new version of 360CityGuide!
Kind regards,
Bill Blakeus
Chief Editor at 360CityGuide and
President & CEO at 360WorldGuide
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