Best practices on sharing pictures on GCA, today?

[Joe Bausch]

FWIW, WAM: images were stored on the system for a brief period of time, I think about 10 years ago and lasted maybe a year.

[Stephen Britton]

Thank you.

As others have mentioned, posting photos on this site is it's weakest link.
It’s really frustrating to see so many great photos disappear from older threads. As a golf course superintendent, I rely on this site for research—looking up specific courses or architectural features to get ideas and insights. But too often, I’ll find an old thread, and the photos are no longer available, which is a huge letdown.
Just think of how many amazing photos have been lost over the years when this could’ve been an incredible photo archive for everyone in the field. It would be great if the site could find a way to host images long-term, so these resources don’t keep disappearing.

Until photos can be hosted here, here are links to photo archives of GCA posters that you may find useful:




https://www.flickr.com/photos/golfcoursepix/albums  Stew A


https://myphillygolf.com/gallery.asp  Joe Bausch


https://www.flickr.com/photos/152135786@N05/albums Sean Arble


https://www.flickr.com/photos/24952137@N00/albums/  Mark Kiely


https://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinmarkham/albums  Kevin Markham


https://www.flickr.com/photos/eko_gfl/albums  Ed Oden






Links to other Golf Course Photo Archives:


https://www.flickr.com/photos/bigeagl29/albums   Keith B


https://www.flickr.com/photos/35925794@N00/albums/ Dennis Collet


https://www.flickr.com/photos/auld-plo-golftrotter/albums/  Old PL


https://www.flickr.com/photos/kevindiss/albums/  Kevin D


https://www.flickr.com/photos/rbglasson/albums  Russ Glasson


https://www.flickr.com/photos/golf_pictures/albums Dan Perry


https://www.flickr.com/photos/erova/albums/ Chris Avore


https://www.flickr.com/photos/golftripscom/albums  Brian W


https://www.flickr.com/photos/20494162@N06/albums/


https://www.flickr.com/photos/mauigolfreview/albums/ John Byrne


Please add others. I couldn't find Frank Pont's photo archive. I think it was golfarchitecture pictures.com but that didn't work for me today.

[Stephen Britton]

Yes I understand images haven't been stored here, I am referrring to when the links to photos in older threads using flickr or photo bucket are no longer available.


If you seach photo tour in topics only, the first thread to appear wil be a tour of Muskegon CC, all images no longer available, just seems like a waste of time to put the effort in at one point in time to post a photo tour, only to have the photos no longer available.

Hosting photos here would be great.  Flickr is good for now, but who knows if it goes away in the future or puts in place a different economic model, just like a few other photo sharing sites.

Text is a lot smaller than images. Storage is cheap, sure, but I doubt Ran plans to store images any time soon. Never has, has he? I don't think so.

Images, haven't been stored here, but I don't think that means that they shouldn't be.  This site is a repository for information on Golf Course Architecture - that has generally been text based information, but why shouldn't it also include images and video?