http://simonwillison.net/2008-01-25T16:00:48+00:00Simon Willison2008-01-25T16:00:48+00:002008-01-25T16:00:48+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Jan/25/geobloggers/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://geobloggers.com/archives/2008/01/23/the-overdue-places-post-ii-prototyping-iconicness/">The overdue Places post II - Prototyping Iconicness</a></strong></p> How Flickr Places works. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/dan-catt">dan-catt</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/flickr">flickr</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/flickrplaces">flickrplaces</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/geospatial">geospatial</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/prototyping">prototyping</a></p>

2008-01-24T13:05:24+00:002008-01-24T13:05:24+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Jan/24/flickr/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.flickr.com/services/api/flickr.places.findByLatLon.html">flickr.places.findByLatLon</a></strong></p> New API method for Flickr Places. If only Flickr could return a bounding box for each place... <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/apis">apis</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/flickr">flickr</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/flickrplaces">flickrplaces</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/geospatial">geospatial</a></p>

2008-01-19T07:34:38+00:002008-01-19T07:34:38+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Jan/19/flickr/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://laughingmeme.org/2008/01/18/flickr-place-ids/">Flickr Place IDs</a></strong></p> <code>flickr.places.find</code>, <code>flickr.places.resolvePlaceURL</code> and <code>flickr.places.resolvePlaceID</code> 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. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/api">api</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/flickr">flickr</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/flickrplaces">flickrplaces</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/geocoding">geocoding</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/geospatial">geospatial</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/kellan-elliott-mccrea">kellan-elliott-mccrea</a></p>