“photosearcher” package in R: An accessible and reproducible method for harvesting large datasets from Flickr
“photosearcher” package in R: An accessible and reproducible method for harvesting large datasets from Flickr
The social media website Flickr contains a wealth of spatial and temporal metadata, which can play an important role in environmental research including cultural ecosystem service and ecological assessments. However, the uptake of Flickr is potentially limited by issues with accessibility to the Flickr Application Planning Interface (API), which limits results and restricts searches. Here, we introduce photosearcher, an R package aimed at overcoming these challenges. We provide examples of how photosearcher can be used as an accessible and reproducible method of accessing large spatio-temporal datasets from the Flickr API.
Biological datasets, Cultural ecosystem services, Flickr, R package, Social datasets, Social media
Fox, Nathan
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August, Tom
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Mancini, Francesca
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Parks, Katherine
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Eigenbrod, Felix
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Bullock, James M.
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Sutter, Louis
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Graham, Laura
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1 December 2020
Fox, Nathan
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August, Tom
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Mancini, Francesca
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Parks, Katherine
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Eigenbrod, Felix
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Bullock, James M.
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Sutter, Louis
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Graham, Laura
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Fox, Nathan, August, Tom, Mancini, Francesca, Parks, Katherine, Eigenbrod, Felix, Bullock, James M., Sutter, Louis and Graham, Laura
(2020)
“photosearcher” package in R: An accessible and reproducible method for harvesting large datasets from Flickr.
SoftwareX, 12, [100624].
(doi:10.1016/j.softx.2020.100624).
Abstract
The social media website Flickr contains a wealth of spatial and temporal metadata, which can play an important role in environmental research including cultural ecosystem service and ecological assessments. However, the uptake of Flickr is potentially limited by issues with accessibility to the Flickr Application Planning Interface (API), which limits results and restricts searches. Here, we introduce photosearcher, an R package aimed at overcoming these challenges. We provide examples of how photosearcher can be used as an accessible and reproducible method of accessing large spatio-temporal datasets from the Flickr API.
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e-pub ahead of print date: 12 November 2020
Published date: 1 December 2020
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This work was supported by the Natural Environmental Research Council [grant number NE/L002531/1 ] and by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, United Kingdom [grant number NEC06895 ]
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Keywords:
Biological datasets, Cultural ecosystem services, Flickr, R package, Social datasets, Social media
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Local EPrints ID: 445169
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/445169
ISSN: 2352-7110
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James M. Bullock
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