Yahoo GeoPlanet API
Manage all geo-permanent named places on Earth. The API provides the vocabulary and grammar to describe the world's geography in an unequivocal, permanent, and language-neutral manner.
Specs
No
Single purpose API
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REST
URI Query String/CRUD
JSON, XML
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Yes
No
Followers (13)
Developers (4)
API Mashups (4)
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Track the most popular places in a city near you
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University papers and educational ebooks and documents.
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German language distance calculator, using various reverse geocoding APIs to retrieve location and related place infos, such as Wikipedia overview articles, nearby airports, etc.
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