Earth:GeoPlanet
GeoPlanet is a computer platform for coordinating world-wide geographic information, and providing both text and cartographic output, such as digital maps for any location in the world.[1][2] It provides a location infrastructure for search engines, portals and both Web and WAP sites. It was developed by GDC, a London-based geographic information company,[3] which was acquired by Whereonearth in 1998.[4] When Whereonearth spun off GDC in 2002, it kept GeoPlanet. When Yahoo! purchased Whereonearth in 2005, it acquired GeoPlanet.[5][6] An integral part of GeoPlanet is the WOEID (Where On Earth IDentifier), a unique 32-bit reference identifier, now assigned by Yahoo!, that identifies any feature on Earth.[7] In addition to the strict numerical WOEID, GeoPlanet also has a hierarchical structure that allows accessing surrounding locations, and zooming up and down administrative divisions.[2] In 2009, Yahoo! released GeoPlanet's WOEID data to the public,[2] but the last release was on 1 June 2012 after which Yahoo! decided to cease making the data downloadable until they "determine a better way to surface the data as a part of the service".[8]
In June 2015, Yahoo announced that the GeoPlanet APIs would be dropped as the functionality is now available through their Yahoo Query Language and BOSS APIs.[9] The GeoPlanet APIs stopped responding to requests in late August 2016.[10]
References
- ↑ "Tech Update: GeoPlanet". Internet Magazine 2002 (March): 21. 2002.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Free geo data solutions compared: GeoNames.org vs. Yahoo! GeoPlanet". Cosmo Code. 24 January 2010. http://www.cosmocode.de/en/blog/schoenborn/2010-01/24-free-geo-data-solutions-compared-geonames.org-vs.-yahoo-geoplanet.
- ↑ "Open for business". GEO Europe 2001 (September): 46. 2001.
- ↑ "Whereonearth has completed the spin-off of GDC through a successful management buyout". GEO: Connexion 2 (1): 62. 2002.
- ↑ "Yahoo Buys Whereonearth To Bolster Local Search". TechDirt. 18 October 2005. Archived from the original on 28 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141028180214/https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20051018/1445219.shtml.
- ↑ "Directory of Companies, Applications, and Organizations". Release 2.0 (10): 43. 2008.
- ↑ "Yahoo! WOEID Lookup". http://Zourbuth Project. http://zourbuth.com/tools/woeid/.
- ↑ "Yahoo! GeoPlanet™ Data". Yahoo!. Archived from the original on 2014-08-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20140822013444/https://developer.yahoo.com/geo/geoplanet/data/.
- ↑ "Q2 2015 Progress Report On Our Product Prioritization". Yahoo. https://yahoo.tumblr.com/post/120700756894/q2-2015-progress-report-on-our-product.
- ↑ "Yahoo!". http://where.yahooapis.com/.
External links
- "GeoPlant: Key Concepts". Yahoo!. http://developer.yahoo.com/geo/geoplanet/guide/concepts.html.
- "WOEIDs in Twitter's Trends". Twitter Engineering. 4 February 2010. Archived from the original on 11 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130211055737/http://engineering.twitter.com/2010/02/woeids-in-twitters-trends.html.
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