Google charts on Flickr
Looks like the Google Chart API now does maps. I like maps.
I figured that I could map some of my flickr tags to a map, just to see where I've taken my photos. Here are some of my location-related tags, and the current number of photos tagged with:
| amsterdam | 40 |
| birmingham | 19 |
| brussels | 9 |
| venice | 79 |
| nice | 70 |
| paris | 274 |
| lyon | 60 |
| (total for France tags) | 404 |
It's then almost trivial to come up with an image URL from google:
Neat, huh?
But where to go from there? Obviously, it would be a good idea to tag photos with the two-letter ISO country name, maybe as "country:FR" or "country:NL" (not sure what a good convention would be); then, the associated number of photos could be retrieved effortlessly via the Flickr API. Alternatively, if one wants to construct a nice mashup, having a DB full of city names or/and using geotags would be a nice idea too. Tuits anyone?
