Using KML to Show Flickr Maps on Google Earth
KML File from Flickr being used in Google Earth
In trying to solve an issue I’m having with Bing Maps and using the Bing Maps API to import KML for map overlays, I ended up solving a problem I had earlier, where I was trying to find a nice way to show all of the photos of my road trip across america on one map or one presentation.
Flickr’s already-excellent mapping feature lacks one major use case, where one wants to be able to take a set of a bunch of photos, and show ALL of them on a map. I.e. how I just did, where I wanted to display all of the pics of my road trip on one map.
Well, a fellow by the name of Adam Franco wrote a great script using the Flickr API to output Flickr set data as KML for use in Google Maps or Google Earth.
So now, as you can see from the photo above, I was easily able to take the Flickr set that I made for my Cross-Country trip (which is composed entirely of geo-tagged photos) and immediately export that to KML for display on Google Earth.
I’ll then be using that as a test case to see if I can get Bing Maps to import & use the KML as well!
