[backstage] Problem with the TV/Radio data

2006-08-29 Thread Andrew McParland
Hi, There seems to be a problem with the TV-Anytime data on backstage and the data that is feeding the Web API - no data for several of the TV channels and no real data after 4th Sept. I will investigate! The last complete file is: http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/feeds/tvradio/20060826.tar.gz

[backstage] Flickr releases Geotagging for photos

2006-08-29 Thread Ian Forrester
Title: Flickr releases Geotagging for photos http://thomashawk.com/2006/08/flickrs-new-geotagging-pretty-damn.html Found via Digg - http://digg.com/software/Flickr_s_Geotagging_Reviewed_by_Thomas_Hawk I have played with it and got to say its pretty neat! but the Yahoo maps

RE: [backstage] Flickr releases Geotagging for photos

2006-08-29 Thread Jason Cartwright
Title: Flickr releases Geotagging for photos Superb tool, but indeed - disappointing map quality when compared to Google or Streetmap.co.uk. I used their tool to import my already geotagged photos... http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasoncartwright/map/ A quick root around the _javascript_

RE: [backstage] Flickr releases Geotagging for photos

2006-08-29 Thread Jose A. del Moral
Title: Flickr releases Geotagging for photos Just impressing! We started to use Flickr almost one year ago for photos in our Bilbao maps, based on Google Maps: http://www.bilbao.bi Flickr's API is just great, but they shouldfind a way to letpeople use it for geotagging. Quality of their

Re: [backstage] Flickr releases Geotagging for photos

2006-08-29 Thread David Chadderton
On 29 Aug 2006, at 10:54, Ian Forrester wrote: I have played with it and got to say its pretty neat! but the Yahoo maps data for England is not as good as Google. Either way, I've added some points to London already Some data is much better. I found it impossible to plan my trip to a major

RE: [backstage] Flickr releases Geotagging for photos

2006-08-29 Thread Kim Plowright
Yes - It's surprisingly patchy, the different coverages isn't it? I just tried to place some photos I took in West Africa... Has anyone ever tried plotting the various map services on top of each other, to augment the lowfi sectors of each? Mind you, I'm sure it would be completely against the

RE: [backstage] Flickr releases Geotagging for photos

2006-08-29 Thread Jeremy Stone
- but what they have cracked though is making it really easy to use/well integrated into the service.. (the video tutorial, adding the tab in organise, adding the word map at the bottom of photos next to comments, views etc if you've tagged it. I started doing it without even thinking. - the map,

Re: [backstage] Flickr releases Geotagging for photos

2006-08-29 Thread Davy Mitchell
Looking forward to news.bbc.co.uk having tagging :-) Especially since sub-categories were dropped recently. Cheers, Davy -- Davy Mitchell Mood News - BBC News Headlines Auto-Classified as Good, Bad or Neutral. http://www.latedecember.com/sites/moodnews/ - Sent via the