Top 10 photographed cities on Earth

Washington: Google has reportedly released its list of the most photographed locations on Earth using data from geolocated images uploaded by individual users.

The heat map generated by the search giant shows Earth's most photographed locales based on photos uploaded by users to the Google Maps Panoramio service that links images with locations in Google Maps and Google Earth.

According to Mashable, the most photographed city is New York followed by Rome and Barcelona.

With European cities bagging eight spots in the top 10 list, users have the option to plan a trip right through the map by selecting a starting point and destination, which brings up estimated travel time and links to travel sites.

Interestingly, as a user zooms in a location, the pictures of most famous locations within a city can be viewed for an even more illustrative experience.

The top ten ' most photographed cities' include:

1. New York

2. Rome

3. Barcelona

4. Paris

5. Istanbul

6. Venice

7. Monte Carlo

8. Florence

9. Buenos Aires

10. Budapest