Among the most popular cities we can find New York, Rome, Barcelona, and Paris

Dec 27, 2013 12:35 GMT  ·  By

Whether visiting a foreign country or the beauties of their own land, everyone packs a camera along with other gear in order to immortalize every moment of their trip.

It doesn't matter if you're a professional photographer who's looking for the perfect shot of a famous place or just a casual tourist who wants to document his travels, everyone loves to take pictures regardless of the type of camera they own.

Sightsmap uses the photographs posted on Google Maps' Panoramio service to display a heat map of the most popular photographed locations around the world, along with their ranking.

From here we find out that the number one most photographed location on the planet is New York City, followed closely by Rome, Barcelona, Paris, and Istanbul. Check out the map on the Sightsmap website and see if your city is among the top 1,000 best photography spots on Earth.