Looks like there is an API: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/flickr.groups.pools.getPhotos.html
Does anyone already have an API key... On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 11:47 AM Regina Obe <l...@pcorp.us> wrote: > See my comments below > > > > As covered on discuss a couple months ago, And covered in the board > meeting on Monday: > > > > Our OSGeo, FOSS4G and FOSS4G-NA photos on flicker may be reduced on Feb > 5th as some photos are removed. > > > > Since these photos were shared with our groups we do not really know which > ones will be removed. Photographers are asked to subscribe with a monthly > fee (or have a limit of 1000 photos). > > > > It is not really possible for us as a group to do much, which is a shame > for the internet as Flickr has a wide range of CC images (since they did a > good job of explaining open licenses and making them easily to use.) > > > > Q: Can we throw the images on OSGeo next cloud? > > *[Regina Obe] Yes – We have 16terabytes of space (of I think 8 TB is > usable if it's in a RAID config of some sort) * > > *want me to create a folder for said purpose? I think it's possible to > also share subfolders within that and display as gallery.* > > *Nextcloud I think uses imagemagick to create thumbs and resized versions > automatically. So I'd be interested in testing that out. Last I tried if I > thru a bunch of pictures in a folder on nextcloud, the pictures would show > in the gallery widget and start out as small and then get larger as you > went deeper.* > > > > *It's also possible to attach like an FTP as a folder in nextcloud so we > can investigate that too.* > > > > Q: Should we only copy the CC images? Or should we copy everything and try > and reach authors before sharing? > > *[Regina Obe] Is it easy to separate the sets out? I haven't used flickr > so don't know. I would think if they are in OSGeo shared gallery > regardless of if authors mark them as CC, we could copy to another folder > and have the authors sort them out. It's better than losing them.* > > > > Aside: Many participants missed the CC license step - which is too bad as > it is a good “first time” experience at contributing open content. > > > > Q: Anyone know of an API we could use to grab our images?*[Regina Obe] * Have > we checked if we can use Flickr's API or are their limits? I've seen some > scripts around that pull images using flickr's api > > > > *Thanks,* > > *Regina* > _______________________________________________ > Sac mailing list > s...@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/sac -- -- Jody Garnett
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