Flickr Connects to OSM
The full announcement is on the Flickr Code blog, but in essence the new connection means that developers can tag photos with their nodes and ways (points and polygons) over on OpenStreetMap. For now, the sample is quite simple. If you visit this Flickr image you can view the single “machine tag” under View Machine Tags (1) or click on the linked text for St. George’s house under additional information and visit the OSM page for that node. It’ll be interesting to see how developers use this connection.
More importantly, it’s another indication that OSM is becoming a “must have” option for those developing today’s online and mobile map-related apps, not matter what API they are using.
by Adena Schutzberg on 09/29 at 07:21 AM |
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