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That really is a very good idea.
Maybe the simplest solution would work okay? Just have regional forums, and people can start threads to post their photos from specific countries, with minimal captions/explanation. Sure you'd end up opening lots of different threads all with similar things inside, but it would still be quick and easy compared to anything else currently around on the web.
This would not be great for people just wanting to spend a bit of time looking at beautiful photos, but for someone wanting to research specific countries it would work fairly well.
On a slight tanjent:
Maybe all regional forums could be condensed into a sub-forum layout? The main page is really long due to the sheer amount of different forums, and this is something that I normally find off-putting when first visiting an internet community. You could have just one regional discussion section organised something like this:
Europe section
- Travel discussion
- Trip photographs
- Reccommended accomodation
- Repair shops
- For sale/private ads
This would keep specific info located in specific sections so it's easy to find, but would help condense the main page so it's easier for new users to navigate their way around...
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I think it has to be organised by country for most places and by regions within that countries for large countries with big varieties in road / climate / culture / weather conditions like Russia, China and the US. So you would have continents, countries, and sometimes regions under that.
I don't think there would be a problem getting people to link photos. My concern is there would be too many, and it does need to be useful from a reference perspective. Ergo ... I think part of a moderators job will be to manage (i.e. cull) photos that effectively duplicate the same information. Posters will need to be conscious that it is a reference section not an "I've been there too" thing. An linked foto should show something in terms of roads, weather, culture, people etc that is not shown with existing fotos.
Certainly it would be useful if information pertaining to date and maybe even geotags were included, but not necessary.
I see the biggest job being the moderators job of trying to keep the pics relevant, but if it works, I think it would be a super reference resource.
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I think geotags would be the way to go, maybe something that integrates into google earth/maps.
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maybe the poster could include the satnav way points of where the photos were taken?
I have often though 'wild' camping sites should be documented in this way.
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maybe the poster could include the satnav way points of where the photos were taken?
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 Ahhhh Yep, that would be whats called "geotags"! 
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