GeoRSS Weblog

Schuyler Erle announced today a new release candidate for the open-source javascript mapping library, OpenLayers. This new version adds support for displaying GeoRSS Atom Simple points. This feature was added by Sean Gilles.

Using this feature, displaying GeoRSS is as simple as adding a new layer to an OpenLayers map. All current points in the GeoRSS feed are then displayed as markers with the item description in the marker popup. consuming GeoRSS doesn’t get much simpler.

See the Release Notes for more notes and added features.

[Update: Fixed spelling of Schuyler’s name]