I’ve been interested in creating a Facebook Application for a while, but I have also been wondering what is there that would be useful to publish as an application?
Flickr API
Google Maps API &
Google Maps API documentation
And finally Facebook developer documentation
FBML
I’m really thinking about 3 features:
- Page visit counter (Friend, Anonymous Friend, Anonymous facebook user, World)
- Where in the world the visitor is from - based on google maps, with images from flickr and facebook profile
- Postcards - again based on google maps and flickr
The idea is that users that view the page are counted, anonymously, unless they choose to make themselves known. And they can also position themselves in the world map. Or send a postcard.
When they send a postcard, they can select pictures from Flickr based on the location they are in.
Using the Facebook example application is pretty simple. What is a little hassle is the referenced database appears to need to have an exposed port on a static IP. Which needs a little more preparation than I have currently given it.
I guess for the initial test aplpication it will need to have zero database interaction - which will make it pretty boring. However there is still a lot you can play with and you’ll see what I mean if you check out the Facebook tools - note that you will need to be logged in. I also recommend FQL, you can get whatever Facebook will let you have using FQL and get it formatted to fit.
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