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Three Hidden(ish) Flickr Map Features
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The Geobloggers blog discuss three 'hidden' Flickr map features. From the blog: "Being mainly; placenames in the URL, microformats and geoRSS, and by ‘Hidden’ I mean ‘less known about or obvious’."
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