David Fiske A subtle blend of affiliate marketing and web development

For those who like to delve into a bit of code and create web solutions, here's some excellent examples of what can be achieved through the use of API's.
 
Mosaickr uses the Flikr API to create mosaics of pictures in your Flikr account. Provides some examples on the home page.

Find a Wii is a US centric mashup using the Google Maps API, Amazon API and eBay API. For a demo, visit Find a Wii in New York.

Mashed Hotels uses the Google Maps API along with API's for travel agents and tour operators to create a giant global hotel search engine.

BBC News Maps takes BBC news stories and superimposes them on a Google Map. It nearly works except for the fact that when I just tried it, County Antrim is now in Mid-Wales. I'm not sure how the news stories are imposed upon the map but I would like to suggest the BBC encode their data with this.

Where is Tim Hibbard is another Google Maps API solution. I liked this one because it's self updating and allows interaction with Tim.

Live UK Traffic and Travel Map uses a mashup between the BBC RSS feeds and the Google Maps API to create an interactive, real-time traffic map.

Another US mashup, Dude Where's My Used Car? is a blend of eBay and Google Maps. Ingenious name! It didn't seem to work when I tried it but I love the idea.

Looking for books? Wonder what alternatives there are out there? Try Similarity Web. I made a web for the book "Affiliate Millions" which you can view here. Again, it's US centric.

Usually the only thing stopping you creating API solutions is your own imagination. You can get API's for anything and everything these days and you can integrate these with affiliate programs. What happens if you mix the eBay API with Google Maps? Local auctions! What happens if you mix product feeds with Google Maps? Perhaps a virtual directory of shops in your local high street complete with stock listings (care of the product feed).

This is just some of the 2314 mashups currently listed over at Programmable Web - a site well worth a look at if you are into your API's!