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Hi Danny, Plenty of museums & other cultural institutions hve been using Flickr for images from events. Who's uploading the images from where in the first place? I'd be inclined to set up accounts with both Flickr & Picasa (I do happen to have personal accounts on both, but find I don't use Picasa - maybe because the Flickr but not a Picasa button is included in iPhoto). If inviting the public to upload photos, I'd also include Facebook because many people, especially 20-somethings and teens, seem to upload photos from their mobile. And I'd set up a Group on Flickr (+ invite them to use a specific tag for the event so if they forget to join/add to the group, it might still be possible to find them by tag). Sets, groups etc can be added to other web sites easily as RSS feeds. Have fun! Janet Janet E Davis --- On Mon, 2/8/10, Birchall, Danny <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: Birchall, Danny <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Flickr vs Picasa > To: [log in to unmask] > Date: Monday, 2 August, 2010, 12:16 > 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 > email: [log in to unmask] > > www.wellcomecollection.org > www.twitter.com/explorewellcome > > > > > This message has been scanned for viruses by Websense > Hosted Email Security - www.websense.com > > **************************************************************** > For mcg information visit the mcg website at > http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/ > To manage your subscription to this email list visit > http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/email-list/ > **************************************************************** > **************************************************************** For mcg information visit the mcg website at http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/ To manage your subscription to this email list visit http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/email-list/ ****************************************************************