PhotoWhirl

PhotoWhirl is an easy-to-use and fun tool that shows you a worldwide map as well as photographs for different places to give you an idea of what you can find there.

You can use it to explore your own city and find new and exciting spots you've never heard about, or to prepare for a trip when visiting a new country, for example.

The images are taken from various online sources, such as Flickr, Instagram, Panoramio and 500px. The app is wrapped in a Modern UI and specially designed for computers running Windows 10, 8 and 8.1, especially if they are touch-supported devices. Since it's trusted by Microsoft, it can be downloaded and installed from the Windows Store.

At startup, PhotoWhirl automatically loads the world map and pictures. You can click and drag to find new locations, click the first button displayed on the upper-right corner of the map to find a place using a search tool, the second button to get your current location, as well as the third and fourth buttons to zoom in and out of the map (this can also be done with the mouse scrollwheel).

Besides showing pins with pictures, the programs lets you know which ones are obtained from which websites.

Also, you can click a picture's pin to view it enhanced and check out its description, mark it as a favorite, as well as easily navigate a filmstrip of nearby images. Favorited pictures can be quickly viewed by pressing the star icon on the lower-left corner of the window.

To sum it up, PhotoWhirl provides you with a simple and fun way of navigating the globe and viewing pictures taken in different spots. It has a lot of potential.