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# Flickr switch
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/flickr-switch/
- Published: 2008-06-16T22:37:25.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-28T09:23:52.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Systems

I just came across a new document published by TASI, [Using Flickr to Organise a Collection of Images](https://www.tasi.ac.uk/advice/using/flickr-finding.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net). The advice is timely in light of the general discussion about using network-level services to manage or expose resources.

> Whether you have a small number of photographs you would like to share privately with a few colleagues, or a larger collection you need to make more widely available, Flickr offers a possible alternative to setting up an in-house image database. \[[TASI :: News](https://www.tasi.ac.uk/news.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net#news153)\]

My eye was caught by this:

> Once your images are on Flickr, how easy is it to get them back? What about any metadata/tags you have added? What if the site ceases to exist?  
>  
> Flickr itself does not provide a batch download or ‘export from Flickr’ option. However, if you have a Pro account you can download originals individually. This method will not preserve any of the metadata (titles, descriptions, comments or tags) you have added.  
>  
> There are a few third party applications that will batch download images, some of which will also export metadata but we haven’t tested them, e.g. [FlickrEdit](https://sunkencity.org/flickredit?ref=lorcandempsey.net) and [FlickrDown](https://greggman.com/pages/flickrdown.htm?ref=lorcandempsey.net). \[[TASI :: Advice | Finding and Using Digital Images | Using Flickr to Organise a Collection of Images](https://www.tasi.ac.uk/advice/using/flickr-organising.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net#externally-hosted)\]