The acronym “woe” in the Flickr API stands for “Where On Earth”

• Posted 2 October 2023
• Tagged with flickr, naming-things

For example, the parameter in the flickr.places.placesForContacts API:

woe_id (Optional)</dl>

A Where on Earth identifier to use to filter photo clusters. For example all the photos clustered by locality in the United States (WOE ID 23424977).

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