I think the pages is a limitation of the technology, and perhaps a usability 'feature' for showing that there is actually more results than the map can comfortably show.
When you move around the map, and land in one place the JS fires off a request to the API method "flickr.photos.search" [1] passing the map area [2] and asking for 200 results back [3] in order of relevance [4]. I guess they limit the number of results for speed (both backend database load, and frontend downloading, parsing and displaying the results) - hence the pages. J [1] http://www.flickr.com/services/api/flickr.photos.search.html [2] argument "bbox", example value "-0.117405,51.458997,-0.092836,51.469902" - near where I live, crumbs! [3] argument "per_page", example (default) value "200" [4] argument "sort", example value "relevance" ________________________________________________ Jason Cartwright Client Side Developer - CBBC Interactive [EMAIL PROTECTED] Desk: (0208 22) 59487 Mobile: 07976500729 "Recreate the world in your own image and make it better for your having been here" - Ray Bradbury -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Loosemore Sent: 10 November 2006 15:12 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: [backstage] Flickr Photo Map... http://www.flickr.com/map/london/ Nice... Though I don't understand the logic behind the 'pages' approach - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
