Geophotos with Flickr and Google Maps
November 3rd, 2005
In the spirit of buzzwords, I have created my first “mashup.” As I have stated before, I am addicted to Flickr. What I haven’t told you is that I am also addicted to Google Maps (GMaps). Matt brought to my attention the geophotos that he had been creating by hand. I liked the idea and being the streamlinist that I am, I told him I could make the process a lot easier.
Keep in mind this is just a rough draft to get people interested. In the future I have plans for quite a few additions, but I decided that I was far enough along to release what I have. What I have created is an extension to my Addicted To Flickr class that makes it super easy to “geotag” your photos with coordinates and display them using the Google Maps API.
The Principle
All you need to show things with the Google Maps API is the longitude and latitude coordinates. All you need to find similar photos on Flickr is a tag. Put the two together and you simply have to tag a Flickr photo with a similar tag and the longitude and latitude coordinates and you have geophoto.
See and Use It
Changelog
- v1.01 - Added window.onload to fix IE crapout issue; added GBrowserIsCompatible() check
- v1.0 Initial Release
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[...] After signing up for both a Google Maps API and a Flickr API, I then spent a few hours researching the web looking for ways to put the two together. I finally came across a blog post on John Nunemaker’s website, Addicted To New. The post was titled “Geophotos with Flickr and Google Maps”. [...]