by: Erica Ogg | GigaOM.com

The travel photo app collections from Fotopedia are, it turns out, really big in China. The photo-centric app founded by former Apple scientist Jean Marie Hullot does slideshows, trip planning and even boasts travel articles, and it is only available for iPhone and iPad. It’s available in seven languages, but has been available for just about a year in Chinese. In that time, customers in China have come to be the fastest-growing, heaviest users in the world for Fotopedia. Naturally, it’s launching a China travel version of its app on Thursday, which coincides with the new iPad’s launch in China.