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Java and Web Services Programming AssignmentIntroductionFlickr is a photo-sharing community that enables users to upload hundreds of photos and tag each photo with descriptive words. Other users can then search on these tags, enabling them to find and comment on the photos of other users. Flickr's active community and addictive sharing features have attracted millions of users. Even better, Flickr exposes a rich set of Web services that make the service highly hackable.
Go to the following websites to know more about Flickr service and Flickr API Your taskWrite a Java program that uses Flickr's public API to meet the following requirements.
1) The program is a GUI program that has at least 10 Hong Kong places for users to select.
2) When the user selects a place, the program go to Flickr to download recent photos that were taken in that place.
3) The program displays one photo and its information one at a time.
4) The program allows the users to view other photos by providing the necessary navigation interface.
Course Requirement and AssessmentYou need to demonstrate your work to your instructor in a tutorial session. Your instructor may ask you some questions to test your knowledge. This programming task is a part of your continuous assessment. The maximum point awarded is 20. The assessment is roughly based on the following criteria:
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