Jan 18, 2016
GeoRSS?
we want to share place
The Definitive History
● Syndicus Geographum● blogmapper / rdfmapper● w3c rdfig geo vocabulary● Geowanking 2003● World as a Blog / worldKit
More Greatest Hits
● USGS Earthquake Alerts Feed● Yahoo! Maps API
The Landscape Moved
● mashups ● the big G● OSGeo Foundation● Where 2.0● OpenStreetMap
georss.org
Alternatives
● KML● GPX● GML
Flavors● Simple and GML● RSS 1.0/RDF, RSS 2.0, Atom● microformat?
<entry> <title>M 3.2, Mona Passage</title> <link href="http://example.org/2005/09/09/atom01"/> <id>urn:uuid:1225c695-cfb8-4ebb-aaaa-80da344efa6a</id> <updated>2005-08-17T07:02:32Z</updated> <summary>We just had a big one.</summary> <georss:where> <gml:Point> <gml:pos>45.256 -71.92</gml:pos> </gml:Point> </georss:where></entry>
GeoRSS GML Point
GeoRSS GML Line
<entry> ... <georss:where> <gml:LineString> <gml:posList> 45.256 -110.45 46.46 -109.48 43.84 -109.86 </gml:posList> </gml:LineString> </georss:where></entry>
GeoRSS Simple Point
<entry> <title>M 3.2, Mona Passage</title> <link href="http://example.org/2005/09/09/atom01"/> <id>urn:uuid:1225c695-cfb8-4ebb-aaaa-80da344efa6a</id> <updated>2005-08-17T07:02:32Z</updated> <summary>We just had a big one.</summary> <georss:point>45.256 -71.92</georss:point> </entry>
Simple Line, Polygon, Box
<georss:line>45.256 -110.45 46.46 -109.48 43.84 -109.86
</georss:line>
<georss:polygon>45.256 -110.45 46.46 -109.48 43.84 -109.86 45.256 -110.45
</georss:polygon>
<georss:box>42.943 -71.032 43.039 -69.856</georss:box>
Attributes● featuretypetag● relationshiptag● elev● floor● radius
Legacy and Confusion
● W3C Geo● W3C Incubator Activity
EC JRC Tsunami Simulator
recent edits on GeoNames
Social Place Apps ● Platial● Tagzania● Ning● Wayfaring, Plazes
Open Source Support● web clients: MapBuilder, OpenLayers, worldKit● libraries/code: mapstraction, SPARQL geo
extensions, Java Rome● WorldWind● GeoServer● FoFRedux
Commercial Support● MSFT announced intention● Yahoo! continues to support by publishing
(Upcoming, Weather, Traffic, flickr(?)) and Maps API
● Ning● CadCorp
Google● OGC Member● MGeoRSS● Acme GeoRSS● GeoRSS2KML
Accouterments
● Feed Validator● WordPress Plugin● Weblog● Press Release
http://placedb.org/http://www.jeffpalm.com/geo/http://fofredux.sourceforge.net/
http://mapufacture.com/georss/
Aggregation
Odds and Ends● Mobile● Sensors● GIS Time Navigation● RSS to GeoRSS converter
Thanks!
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