Comments on: Yahoo Woe (Where On Earth, that is) IDs. http://geobloggers.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/yahoo-woe-where-on-earth-that-is-ids/ Maps and Stuff Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:16:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Building A Hyperlocal Feed For Every Individual / Grapevine Blog http://geobloggers.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/yahoo-woe-where-on-earth-that-is-ids/#comment-2785 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:42:43 +0000 http://geobloggers.com/archives/?p=181#comment-2785 [...] about a more sophisticated method for trying to solve the problem, by using the Flickr API and WOEs to let residents determine their own [...]

]]> By: Flickr Uses CC Zero for their Shapefiles - News ums Netz http://geobloggers.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/yahoo-woe-where-on-earth-that-is-ids/#comment-2413 Fri, 22 May 2009 15:39:52 +0000 http://geobloggers.com/archives/?p=181#comment-2413 [...] “What is a shapefile?” you may ask. Its a file containing shapes mathematically generated by the thousands of Flickr geotagged photos of particular neighborhoods, countries, and continents. The data can also be seen as reverse-engineered fuzzy maps created by user generated longitude and latitude coordinates that are then demarcated by Where-On-Earth IDs. [...]

]]> By: Kelso’s Corner » Blog Archive » Yahoo Woe (Where On Earth, that is) IDs (GeoBloggers) http://geobloggers.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/yahoo-woe-where-on-earth-that-is-ids/#comment-2197 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:15:08 +0000 http://geobloggers.com/archives/?p=181#comment-2197 [...] Republished from GeoBloggers.com. Posted on May 12, 2008 by Reverend Dan Catt [...]

]]> By: Correcting Location Data … the Flickr way … « geobloggers http://geobloggers.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/yahoo-woe-where-on-earth-that-is-ids/#comment-2164 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:51:17 +0000 http://geobloggers.com/archives/?p=181#comment-2164 [...] Yahoo Woe (Where On Earth, that is) IDs but imagine it talks about going down to the next level will do the [...]

]]> By: アメリカ留学 http://geobloggers.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/yahoo-woe-where-on-earth-that-is-ids/#comment-2103 Mon, 26 May 2008 11:58:43 +0000 http://geobloggers.com/archives/?p=181#comment-2103 Hi! I am a Japanese. Though I looked for English study in various ways, I commented because contents were interesting. I was able to enjoy it very much. In addition, I come to look. Please keep it for us. Thank you!

]]> By: url http://geobloggers.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/yahoo-woe-where-on-earth-that-is-ids/#comment-2112 Fri, 16 May 2008 16:12:46 +0000 http://geobloggers.com/archives/?p=181#comment-2112 [...] up their geo database which is pretty good btw which is far more awesome than I??m going to make ithttp://geobloggers.com/archives/2008/05/12/yahoo-woe-where-on-earth-that-is-ids/Malakoff Acquisition URL.AX, 00841104, 20080512 Huntleys’ Stock of the Week via Yahoo!7 [...]

]]> By: Chris Schierkolk http://geobloggers.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/yahoo-woe-where-on-earth-that-is-ids/#comment-2089 Thu, 15 May 2008 15:26:16 +0000 http://geobloggers.com/archives/?p=181#comment-2089 I was curious as to why Yahoo didn’t choose to use the FIPS code or at least cross reference a FIPS code if available. Paleo geographers (as I am now referred) to have been using this coding system for years and it is expansive enough to be extendable. Creating a UNIQUE place ID for UNIQUE joins isn’t anything new.

Chris

]]> By: Technology and Gadgets Review » Here Come the Geo-Smart Apps: Yahoo! Opens Location Database to Developers http://geobloggers.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/yahoo-woe-where-on-earth-that-is-ids/#comment-2090 Wed, 14 May 2008 08:02:46 +0000 http://geobloggers.com/archives/?p=181#comment-2090 [...] will report neighboring and “parent” locations. Flickr developer and map lover Dan Catt articulates the potential power of the API very well in a blog post [...]

]]> By: RevDanCatt http://geobloggers.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/yahoo-woe-where-on-earth-that-is-ids/#comment-2091 Wed, 14 May 2008 05:26:22 +0000 http://geobloggers.com/archives/?p=181#comment-2091 n[ate]vw: I don’t think you have to use Yahoo’s platform over geonames, and to some degrees they compliment each other. If you have an object (photo, film, blog post, spime, etc.) that you want place at a location, you can use the id from geonames, but you can also add the WoeID as an extra piece of information. Or visa-versa. Other people can then match up your ‘objects’ with their ‘objects’ or queries on whichever you are offering.

You don’t have to exclusively use just one. You can either use both, or pick the one that you think is most suitable to your needs.

]]> By: Yahoo Releases Internet Location Platform http://geobloggers.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/yahoo-woe-where-on-earth-that-is-ids/#comment-2092 Wed, 14 May 2008 05:14:52 +0000 http://geobloggers.com/archives/?p=181#comment-2092 [...] are already being used in Flickr and its API, as Rev Dan Catt documents. Presumably, the Location Platform API will be used throughout Yahoo!’s other services (such [...]

]]> By: n[ate]vw http://geobloggers.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/yahoo-woe-where-on-earth-that-is-ids/#comment-2095 Tue, 13 May 2008 17:32:42 +0000 http://geobloggers.com/archives/?p=181#comment-2095 It seems foolish to lock users into a proprietary identification scheme and API when I can download and use geonames.org database with terms of use as short as “CC-BY”, or use their API instead. What advantage(s) does Yahoo’s platform offer over the one at geonames.org?

]]> By: The Yahoo! Internet Location Platform http://geobloggers.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/yahoo-woe-where-on-earth-that-is-ids/#comment-2096 Tue, 13 May 2008 15:56:18 +0000 http://geobloggers.com/archives/?p=181#comment-2096 [...] Catt has some details on his blog about WOEID and how Yahoo! is using [...]

]]> By: Rasmus http://geobloggers.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/yahoo-woe-where-on-earth-that-is-ids/#comment-2097 Tue, 13 May 2008 06:22:33 +0000 http://geobloggers.com/archives/?p=181#comment-2097 Simon, not an official answer either, but the public WOE API is all Yahoo-owned data, and most of the weird TOS you run across are due to licensing terms with 3rd parties. WhereOnEarth was a 2005 acquisition, so there are no 3rd-party data issues here. As far as I know the only restriction is the 50k daily query limit.

]]> By: RevDanCatt http://geobloggers.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/yahoo-woe-where-on-earth-that-is-ids/#comment-2098 Tue, 13 May 2008 02:20:28 +0000 http://geobloggers.com/archives/?p=181#comment-2098 Oh, Yahoo! Local says they’re “permanent” which I guess answers that.

]]> By: Yahoo! Local & Maps Blog » Blog Archive » Abstracting Spatial Relationships with the Yahoo! Internet Location Platform http://geobloggers.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/yahoo-woe-where-on-earth-that-is-ids/#comment-2099 Tue, 13 May 2008 01:02:21 +0000 http://geobloggers.com/archives/?p=181#comment-2099 [...] PS  For more on subject, check out the post by Dan Catt here. [...]

]]> By: RevDanCatt http://geobloggers.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/yahoo-woe-where-on-earth-that-is-ids/#comment-2101 Mon, 12 May 2008 22:45:07 +0000 http://geobloggers.com/archives/?p=181#comment-2101 As I understand it, it’s open, as in, designed specifically so 3rd parties can use it for building stuff on. And the IDs are good for all time, taking into account countries changing name and so on.

But I believe there’s going to be some talk about it at Where 2.0 (not my talk) where such things will be discussed, so-on and so forth. So I’d wait a couple of days to double check what I just said.

]]> By: Simon Willison http://geobloggers.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/yahoo-woe-where-on-earth-that-is-ids/#comment-2100 Mon, 12 May 2008 22:35:50 +0000 http://geobloggers.com/archives/?p=181#comment-2100 Are there any tricky rights issues involved in using a WoeID as an identifier in a third party system? Is it sensible to build something exciting (but commercial) around those IDs without fear of the lawyers coming knocking in a few years time?

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