flickrX - Basic Flickr API snippet

All of that is possible. Flickr has also geotagging functions in their API: http://www.flickr.com/services/api/

Flickr belongs to Yahoo now, hence they’re using Yahoo-maps, not Google. But as long as you get the long./lat. data from Flickr, you can display it wherever you want.

Since Flickr has already excellent community features, I’m not sure what the benefits are from re-creating all this functionality. Adding / viewing comments, or group discussions already exist. Why replicate it? You’d have to deal with your own (modx) user-registration and -login. Unless you want to build a "dual" user-authentication system that allows your site visitors to login with their existing Flickr credentials. But I guess that’s not so trivial.

Since Flickr has already excellent community features, I’m not sure what the benefits are from re-creating all this functionality. Adding / viewing comments, or group discussions already exist. Why replicate it?

I had another chat with the Group’s admin and mentioned those points and we both agreed that some kind of customized portfolio pages and blogs on the site which pull each particular artists photos through - it would make sense to leave most of the photos-related features on Flickr - but then handles blogging and artist bio on the site.

Then he’d be able to build up the community and slowly move away from Flickr and onto a proper site

Do you know if it would be possible to have it so visitors could leave blog comments with their Flickr credentials? The comments wouldn’t show up on Flickr but instead just use their avatar and usernames?

Guess you would have to use their Auth API functions: http://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.spec.html
Not trivial, but certainly possible.

Hey ganeshXL,

Is your version that retrieves from a rgoup available at all? Sounds like the tool we need, as we’d like users to be able to add photos, but also to remove them if necessary.