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2008

flickr.places.findByLatLon. New API method for Flickr Places. If only Flickr could return a bounding box for each place...

# 24th January 2008, 1:05 pm / apis, flickr, flickrplaces, geo

Flickr Place IDs. flickr.places.find, flickr.places.resolvePlaceURL and flickr.places.resolvePlaceID combine to provide a really useful, lightweight not-quite-a-geocoder API. It’s a shame you can’t search for places by providing a latitude/longitude point yet.

# 19th January 2008, 7:34 am / api, flickr, flickrplaces, geo, geocoding