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What would be useful in a location API?
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What would be useful in a location API?

If you hit an API with e.g. "Dublin", what would be the best response to get back from an API?

  • Full Address (Dublin, Co.Dublin, Ireland)
  • Weather forcast over the next 3 days
  • Introduction to the city (Wikipedia)
  • Time offset (GMT +0)
  • Population
  • Nearest Airport
  • Nearest Ferry
  • Latest news for Dublin?
  • Key areas in Dublin
  • Some images
  • Lat/Lng and basic radius of the locations scope
  • Elevation above sea level
  • Highest/lowest recorded temperatures
  • Predominant languages spoken

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http://www.geonames.org

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ghost commented Nov 19, 2014

Elevation above sea level. Highest/lowest recorded temperatures. Predominant languages spoken.

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bkenny commented Nov 19, 2014

@murrion — Thanks!

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