Instagram kills off photo maps feature

You may or may not have been aware of the photo maps feature of Instagram. Now you don’t even have to think about it as Instagram is killing off the feature. According to a statement released by the social network, the feature wasn’t really widely used so Instagram has decided to just get rid of it and focus on other features. Photo maps, if you had it activated, shows a map you can zoom in on to see locations where you’ve geotagged photos. For now, you’ll be able to see your photo map but you won’t see those of others and Instagram has started to remove the feature for some users since last week.

This harks back to the roots of Instagram, where you used it much like a location-based app but you tagged photos instead of just tagging a location. Now, Instagram still has that spontaneity to it but it also now acts as a portfolio of sorts for some of its users, showing best parts of your life.

Source: Mashable