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def get_point_photos(request, lat, lon, name):
  '''takes a lat lon pair via an ajax request, and returns a list of photos'''
  #create a Flickr API object
  f = flickrapi.FlickrAPI(api_key) 
  #resolve a (lat,long) to a "Flickr Place" which can be used to search for photos.
  place = f.places_findByLatLon(api_key = api_key, lat=lat, lon = lon)
  #get the id of the Flickr Place returned
  place_id = place.find('places').findall('place')[0].attrib['place_id']
  #returns an XML response that contains data to construct photo URLs
  flickr_search = f.photos_search(api_key = api_key, place_id = place_id, content_type = '1', tags = 'nature, landscape, hiking, outdoors, 
trip, sky, sunset, sunrise, ' + name)

  photos = []
  photos_per_page = 12  
  for i in range(0,photos_per_page):
    photo_xml = None
    try:
      photo_xml = flickr_search.find('photos').findall('photo')[i]
    except:
      break
    photo = {}
    photo['url'] = get_url_from_photo(photo_xml)
    photo['home_url'] = get_home_url_from_photo(photo_xml)
    photos.append(photo)
  response_dict = {'success':True, 'photos':photos}
  return HttpResponse(simplejson.dumps(response_dict), mimetype='application/javascript')