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
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