GeoRSSthe benefit of agreeing on simple things

Mikel Maronmikel_maron@yahoo.com

Xtech 2006

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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