Thanks Jim... I'm just discovering (remembering) how bad my javascript
is, now....
Danny
-----Original Message-----
From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Jim O'Donnell
Sent: 02 August 2010 15:11
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [MCG] Flickr vs Picasa
Flickr.photos.search has more sophisticated options
http://www.flickr.com/services/api/flickr.photos.search.html
And can supply feeds, without an API key, via YQL:
http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?q=select%20*%20from%20flickr.ph
otos.search%20where%20tags%20%3D%20'london'%20and%20is_commons%20%3D%20'
true'%20and%20extras%20%3D%20'owner_name'
That link returns a feed of search results for "select * from
flickr.photos.search where tags = 'london' and is_commons = 'true' and
extras = 'owner_name'"
We use YQL here at the Maritime Museum to get photo feeds to display
within a touchscreen kiosk for our Astronomy Photographer of the Year
exhibition. We run queries to retrieve photos from our group for a
particular tag, or machine tag, or for a particular location, identified
by a woeid.
Cheers
Jim
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>Birchall, Danny
>Sent: 02 August 2010 14:48
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Flickr vs Picasa
>
>Thanks, Jim. It doesn't seem, though, that flickr feeds can be
>manipulated and searched in as sophisticated a way as via an API:
>
>http://www.flickr.com/services/feeds/docs/photos_public/
>
>Cheers,
>
>Danny
>
>
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>Jim O'Donnell
>Sent: 02 August 2010 12:22
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [MCG] Flickr vs Picasa
>
>Hi Danny,
>
>You don't need an authenticated API key to retrieve public images from
>Flickr.
>
>See, for example, this javascript badge to display a group's photos
>inline (based on some code by Chris Heilmann)
>http://eatyourgreens.org.uk/archives/2009/01/a-flickr-badge-for
>-astronom
>y-photographer-of-the-year.html
>
>Cheers
>Jim
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>>Birchall, Danny
>>Sent: 02 August 2010 12:17
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Flickr vs Picasa
>>
>>Hi
>>
>>
>>
>>We're working on a project that will involve adding a large number of
>>images to our website over a short period of time, added
>directly from
>>an event at our venue. For security, training and stability
>reasons, we
>
>>think it best to use a third-party image sharing website to add the
>>images, and then pull them into our website programmatically using an
>>API.
>>
>>
>>
>>So, a gallery worker would use the third-party site to:
>>
>>
>>
>>-- upload images
>>
>>-- add descriptions
>>
>>-- add tags (including machine-readable dates)
>>
>>
>>
>>Our website would:
>>
>>
>>
>>-- retrieves images based on their tags (including search)
>>
>>-- display images and associated data in one of our web pages
>>
>>
>>
>>It seems to me that there are two main options, Flickr and Picasa Web
>>Albums. Now, obviously, everybody in museums uses/loves Flickr, but
>>their terms of use (http://www.flickr.com/services/api/tos/
>><http://www.flickr.com/services/api/tos/> ) b.vii appear to forbid
>>"us[ing] Flickr as a generic image hosting service for banner
>>advertisements, graphics, etc", whereas at a glance Picasa seems both
>>better designed for this type of activity, and also doesn't require a
>>specifically authenticated API key to merely retrieve public images.
>>
>>
>>
>>Does anyone have similar experience/any suggestions about
>which option
>>would be better?
>>
>>
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>>Danny
>>
>>
>>
>>Danny Birchall
>>Web Editor, Wellcome Collection
>>Wellcome Trust
>>Gibbs Building
>>215 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, UK
>>Tele: +44 (0) 207 611 8894
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