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Search results for "API" ...
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Down and dirty with the DocumentCloud API
Welsh talks about how the Los Angeles Times uses DocumentCloud. Learn how to use DocumentCloud's API to interact with your documents and how to update or access documents' data with scripting.
Tags: DocumentCloud; DocumentCloud's API; documents; data; scripting
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Practical TastyPie for the Modern Djangonaut
Presentation covering models.py and api.py
Tags: models; .py; programming; software
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Lightning Talks: NodeXL for Social Network Analysis
NodeXL is a free template for Excel 2007 and 2010 that makes Social Network Analysis easy for anyone familiar with basic spreadsheet functions. NodeXL has been optimized for analyzing online social media-it includes built-in connections to query the APIs of Twitter, Flickrand YouTube, allowing you to draw networks of users and their activity.
Tags: social network analysis; NodeXL; Excel; API; clustering
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APIs: Making the Web a Data Medium
This tipsheet discusses what an API (application programming interface)is, and why they are valuable to journalists.
Tags: API; programming; data; web;
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Using the Google Maps Flas API with Flex
Flex is a free Actionscript with an xml-based markup. Fenton discusses the pros/cons of employing Flex for google map apps.
Tags: mapping; Google Maps; Flex; actionscript
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Mapping and DesMoinesRegister.com
This PowerPoint shows the programs that DesMoinesRegister.com uses for mapping stories online. It discusses different types of maps used: bubble maps; icon clustering; polylines & polygons; KLM overlays; ground overlays; Google Earth videos; Flash Google Maps API. Each type of map is linked to an example on DesMoinesRegister.com. Included are useful links for mapping tutorials and other references
Tags: mapping; API; bubble maps; icon clustering; polylines & polygons; KLM overlays; ground overlays; Google Earth videos; Flash Google Maps API
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Getting Started With Mapping on the Web
Hamman provides a list of Web sites to use for ideas when "creating interactive maps on the Web using Google and Yahoo APIs" (application programming interface). In addition, there are tips on what to know before making an online map, and explanations of some terminology associated with the task.
Tags: maps; google maps; yahoo maps; API (application programming interface); www.programmableweb.com; JSON (Java Script Object Notation); XML (eXtensible Markup Language); AJAX (Asynchronous Javascript And XML)