Some New Geo-related APIs from Programmable Web
New Zealand National Broadband Map API: The National Broadband Map provides web services for accessing demand data outside of the mapping application as well as being an open source application. The API uses both REST and SOAP protocols and responses can be formatted as XML, JSON, CSV and KML.
Urbarama API: Urbarama is an online Atlas of Architecture and Human-built Infrastructure. Discover great projects by location and browse by category. The Urbarama API provides access to search the database. Sort by popularity or date and filter by user.
Zoom.it API: The Zoom.it API allows for programmatic access to Zoom.it. Zoom.it is a free service for viewing and sharing high-resolution imagery. Users provide the link to any image on the web, and the image is converted into DeepZoom format along with a short URL. In addition, the API exposes the underlying Deep Zoom Image and surrounding metadata, which can be used to power apps. The API uses both RESTful protocol and JavaScript. Responses can be formatted in either XML, JSON or JSONP.
MapLarge API: MapLarge offers an API to embed interactive maps on a website, blog or news story. MapLarge is the creator of some of the largest Google Maps implementations on the Internet. MapLarge uses patent pending methods to create simple map visualizations from complex data. With the API users can geocode upto 2,000 records daily for free. Datasets mapped with the geocoder can be mapped on top of Google Maps, Bing, ESRI or Open Street Maps. The API uses RESTful protocol.
Bullseye Store Locator API: The Bullseye Store Locator makes it easy to deploy a local dealer or store search tool for businesses with multiple locations. The Bullseye Store Locator API provides a programmable interface to search for locations by zip or postal code with radius, or city/state and radius. You can retrieve data about specific stores in the results and filter search results by categories. An account needs to be set up in Bullseye in order to begin testing. Contact Electric Vine for details.
