UrbanCompare

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Provider description

Hello Openverse Team,

I would like to request an API key for a project called UrbanCompare, a free city insights and relocation comparison tool designed to help users understand the real-world cost of living, safety, climate, and neighborhood characteristics across major U.S. cities.

What the app does:
UrbanCompare aggregates only open, free, and public datasets (ACS, BLS, GSA, EIA, NOAA, etc.) to produce factual, real-dollar insights for 10–50 U.S. cities. We use Openverse exclusively for:

• 3–5 representative skyline or cityscape photos per city
• Only CC0, CC-BY, and CC-BY-SA licensed images
• Full creator attribution (using the provided attribution field)

Estimated API usage:

• ~10 cities per refresh cycle (initially)
• 3–5 photos per city
• Refresh frequency: once daily or less
• Occasional re-scan when adding new cities (future upgrade: 50–100 cities)

This is not a high-volume or commercial image-harvesting product; it’s a public-benefit tool helping people compare cost-of-living data more clearly.

Why an API key would help:
Anonymous requests are fine for small tests, but an API key would prevent accidental rate limits when:

• Automated daily refresh runs
• Teachers, students, and families use the tool simultaneously
• We expand beyond 10 cities

Contact information:
Name: Gregory (UrbanCompare)
Project Website: https://urbancompare.com
Email: faithavenue2004@yahoo.com

If you need any additional details, please let me know.
Thank you for the amazing work you do and for supporting open licensed media!

Best regards,
Gregory

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Provider API Technical info

Hello Openverse Team,

I would like to request an API key for a project called UrbanCompare, a free city insights and relocation comparison tool designed to help users understand the real-world cost of living, safety, climate, and neighborhood characteristics across major U.S. cities.

What the app does:
UrbanCompare aggregates only open, free, and public datasets (ACS, BLS, GSA, EIA, NOAA, etc.) to produce factual, real-dollar insights for 10–50 U.S. cities. We use Openverse exclusively for:

• 3–5 representative skyline or cityscape photos per city
• Only CC0, CC-BY, and CC-BY-SA licensed images
• Full creator attribution (using the provided attribution field)

Estimated API usage:

• ~10 cities per refresh cycle (initially)
• 3–5 photos per city
• Refresh frequency: once daily or less
• Occasional re-scan when adding new cities (future upgrade: 50–100 cities)

This is not a high-volume or commercial image-harvesting product; it’s a public-benefit tool helping people compare cost-of-living data more clearly.

Why an API key would help:
Anonymous requests are fine for small tests, but an API key would prevent accidental rate limits when:

• Automated daily refresh runs
• Teachers, students, and families use the tool simultaneously
• We expand beyond 10 cities

Contact information:
Name: Gregory (UrbanCompare)
Project Website: https://urbancompare.com
Email:

If you need any additional details, please let me know.
Thank you for the amazing work you do and for supporting open licensed media!

Best regards,
Gregory

Checklist to complete before beginning development

• Verify there is a way to retrieve the entire relevant portion of the provider's collection in a systematic way via their API.
• Verify the API provides license info (license type and version; license URL provides both, and is preferred)
• Verify the API provides stable direct links to individual works.
• Verify the API provides a stable landing page URL to individual works.
• Note other info the API provides, such as thumbnails, dimensions, attribution info (required if non-CC0 licenses will be kept), title, description, other meta data, tags, etc.
• Attach example responses to API queries that have the relevant info.

Implementation

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