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Maps and Geography Open APIs

posted by Satri on Monday March 20, @09:05AM        Permalink  Trackback URI  Slashdotthis  Diggthis  Del.icio.us
from the now-the-coding-begins dept.

All Points Blog links to a Maps and Geography Open APIs wiki. All entries are described by: * Provider - Who is providing the API? * Description - What does the API let you do? * Commercial Use - Can you use this API for commercial use without asking? * Limits - Are there any limitations to amount of usage? * Terms - Link to Terms of Service.

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• Missing Option

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  by LKS (125) <walt.eisNO@SPAMgmail.com> on Monday March 20, @01:29PM (#556)
  ( http://lordkingsquirrel.com/ )

  Oh, wait - this isn't a poll. The wiki is missing Mapquest's API [mapquest.com]. If it's not there later, I'll see if I can add it.
• More APIs

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  by Satri (3) on Thursday March 23, @09:58AM (#563)
  ( http://alexandreleroux.blogspot.com/ | Last Journal: Friday March 17, @04:07PM )

  Vector One links [geovisualisation.com] to programmableweb and their list of API [programmableweb.com] and mashups [programmableweb.com].