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Yahoo! Geo Technologies
Yahoo! GeoPlanetGary Gale, Yahoo! Geo Technologies
State Of The Map 2008, Limerick, EireJuly 2008
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GeoPlanet Key Features
• GeoPlanet contains • ~6m named geo-permanent Places
• GeoPlanet focuses on Place not Space• How people work with, and think of, location
• GeoPlanet provides:• Unique, permanent reference: WhereOnEarth ID (WOEID)• REST API: • lookup by place name• lookup by WOEID• browse hierarchy, neighbours and relationships
• Numerous languages, exonyms and vernacular names
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Thinking About Place vs. Space
The WOEID Hierarchy• Continents• Countries• Counties• Regions• Area Codes• Neighborhoods• ZIP/post codes
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561536 … You Are Here
561536
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A Global Geographic Ontology … Robust Location Hierarchies & Relationships
National
Super-Region
DMA, MSA
City
Postal Code
State
Ventura
Nevada
Pacific Northwest
9110190403
91776
91103
90025
91901
Pasadena Sierra Madre
South Pas
Temple CityAlhambra
Los Angeles
California
Pacific States
USA
Utah
ArizonaCaliforniaNevada
Los Angeles
SacramentoFresno
BajaSan Francisco
San Gabriel
GlendaleBurbank
Santa Monica
San Gabriel
Parent Region
Adjacent Regions
Child Region
23424977
23689940
2347563
2442047
2468964
12795911
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Examples
• Find the WOEID of a significant landmark:http://where.yahooapis.com/v1/places.q('sydney%20opera%20house')
• Resolve a WOEID to a place:http://where.yahooapis.com/v1/place/2507854
• Find the WOEID of a specific place:http://where.yahooapis.com/v1/places.q('northfield%20mn%20usa')
• Obtain a range of WOEIDs that match a given place, ordered by the most likely:http://where.yahooapis.com/v1/places.q('springfield');start=0;count=5
• Find the parent of a given WOEID (and return a detailed record):http://where.yahooapis.com/v1/place/638242/parent?select=long
• Return the Placename for a given WOEID in a specific language (where it exists):http://where.yahooapis.com/v1/places.q('usa')?lang=fr
• To obtain the representation of a place in JSON format:http://where.yahooapis.com/v1/place/2487956?format=json
• To obtain a list of geographies that neighbor a specific WOEID:http://where.yahooapis.com/v1/place/12795711/neighbors
Note: all of these endpoints require a Yahoo! Appid. Get one here:
http://developer.yahoo.com/wsregapp/
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GeoPlanet Hosted by YDN
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Find Out More:
http://developer.yahoo.com/geo/
Gary Gale | [email protected] Barnes | [email protected]
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