The gallery area is for the sharing of images taken on WGWG walks. The collection is subdivided into chronological albums. Members wishing to have images included need to use the file upload service advertised internally to members. These are then transferred into a suitable Flickr album by an administrator.

Common social media systems like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are fine for sharing single images but at present are unsuitable for large image collections and have limited privacy settings. There are many external systems designed specifically for storing and displaying images. Image hosting examples include Google Photos, Dropbox, ImageShack, Photobucket, 500px, SmugMug and Flickr. They all have advantages and disadvantages. 

Flickr suitability:

• Excellent album facilities

• Automated uploading software

• Full resolution image uploads

• Supports both landscape and portrait mode images

• Supports images of differing aspect ratios

• Multiple display modes - automated slideshow, justified view, large view

• Superb display size adaptability on smartphones, tablets and PCs

• Both individual image and album download options

• Ability to view EXIF data to show camera details and location on a zoomable map

• Highly granular permission categories

The Flickr account privacy and permissions settings are set to minimise activity on the Flickr site, and offer far greater protections than  what is available on normal social network sites and most other image hosting systems. Examples of our key image permissions:

• While they are public so that anyone can view  them and their location, they cannot be shared, or commented upon or have notes or tags or people identified

• They cannot be added to another users shared Flickr gallery

• They cannot be found via public searches on Flickr and 3rd-party sites

• The licence applied is 'All rights reserved' 

The current display shows albums in reverse chronological order (the most recent at the top) and images within an album are displayed in chronological order.