Tell HN: We just launched GeoAPI.com (read/write geo API)

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Post by mariusae » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 10:43 PM UTC

Tell HN: We just launched GeoAPI.com (read/write geo API)
geoapi.com

Re: Tell HN: We just launched GeoAPI.com (read/write geo API)

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Post by andrewljohnson » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 11:06 PM UTC

Why does this only includes 10's of thousands of POIs? Why not include USGS and GeoNames points... there are millions of them.

Is this supposed to be strictly urban points?

Re: Tell HN: We just launched GeoAPI.com (read/write geo API)

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Post by mariusae » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 11:26 PM UTC

andrewljohnson wrote: post #2

Why does this only includes 10's of thousands of POIs? Why not include USGS and GeoNames points... there are millions of them. Is this supposed to be strictly urban points?

not at all -- we're aggressively adding datasets, and those are among the ones that are on the top of our list :-)

Re: Tell HN: We just launched GeoAPI.com (read/write geo API)

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Post by idoh » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 11:40 PM UTC

That's a really nice service. So, how much is this going to cost?

Re: Tell HN: We just launched GeoAPI.com (read/write geo API)

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Post by dannyr » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 11:50 PM UTC

mariusae wrote: post #3

andrewljohnson wrote: post #2

Why does this only includes 10's of thousands of POIs? Why not include USGS and GeoNames points... there are millions of them. Is this supposed to be strictly urban points?

not at all -- we're aggressively adding datasets, and those are among the ones that are on the top of our list :-)

I really like it.

Are you allowing API users to cache/store data?

Re: Tell HN: We just launched GeoAPI.com (read/write geo API)

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Post by recurser » Thu, Nov 12, 2009, 11:56 PM UTC

Haven't had time to dig in but nice work with the gfx, looks great.

Re: Tell HN: We just launched GeoAPI.com (read/write geo API)

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Post by othman » Fri, Nov 13, 2009, 12:06 AM UTC

idoh wrote: post #4

That's a really nice service. So, how much is this going to cost?

Right now the model is free. We limit it to 20K hits per day. If you need more than that, ping us and we can help out (api at geoapi.com)

Re: Tell HN: We just launched GeoAPI.com (read/write geo API)

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Post by angelod101 » Fri, Nov 13, 2009, 12:23 AM UTC

looks great based on what I've read in product & demos. would have loved to use this in my last project instead of geonames

Re: Tell HN: We just launched GeoAPI.com (read/write geo API)

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Post by thomasswift » Fri, Nov 13, 2009, 12:24 AM UTC

This looks awesome, thanks for posting this. I plan on taking a look at it and using it for an iPhone app or two.

Re: Tell HN: We just launched GeoAPI.com (read/write geo API)

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Post by gjblee » Fri, Nov 13, 2009, 12:37 AM UTC

dannyr wrote: post #5

mariusae wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

not at all -- we're aggressively adding datasets, and those are among the ones that are on the top of our list :-)

I really like it. Are you allowing API users to cache/store data?

Glad you find it useful! Yes, you can write data to the API via custom views. See Demo 1 at http://code.google.com/p/geo-api/wiki/Demos for an example of writing check-in comments to locations. Full user view API docs here: http://code.google.com/p/geo-api/wiki/ViewUser