Google supports GeoRSS!

March 22nd, 2007

Announced on the Google Maps Blog, GeoRSS, in all its glory, is now supported by Google Maps. Support for KML has been vastly improved too.

Maybe it doesn’t need to be said, this is a big big deal for GeoRSS. We now have support across all three major web map apis, and a common language for geospatial web.

There are some samples on the GMaps blog. Here’s another. Hmm, the documentation example itself isn’t working; that one is requesting a flickr GeoRSS feed .. perhaps Y is throttling, as Google will need to proxy all GeoRSS API requests through its own servers.

Anyway, now looking forward to GeoRSS in Google Earth. But not before a little celebration. Congrats all and cheers Google!

12 Responses to “Google supports GeoRSS!”

  1. Brain Off » Google supports GeoRSS! Says:

    […] Just spreading the news […]

  2. chr Says:

    great news! congratulations!

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    […] As reported over on O’Reilly Radar, I first saw it on the georss.org blog, but ultimately it all came from the Google Maps API Blog Google Maps now supports geoRSS feeds. And, as followers of this blog know, Flickr outputs geoRSS feeds by adding &georss=true onto the end of an RSS feed. Which means you can throw them onto Google Maps really easily. […]

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    […] It was a tough time to be away, a lot of amazing news came out. First and foremost is that Google adds support for GeoRSS. This is exciting news because it demonstrates the maturity and interest in the syndication of geographic content in blogs, CMS’s, sites, and news. […]

  6. Dennis Dahlmann Says:

    Hi,
    Now everybody can use GeoRSS Newsfeeds also in Google Earth.
    Try my interoperable Webservice at
    http://www.georsstoge.blogspot.com or at http://mars.uni-muenster.de:8080/GeoRGE
    More information about GeoRGE (GeoRSS to Google Earth) will be published during the weekend at my blog
    Have fun

  7. Mike Says:

    Hi Mikel,
    I’ve been tinkering with GeoRSS and Google Maps to create a feed of our maps but support for polygons is poor - I can map a polygon using the new My Maps feature but not by simply adding a feed to Google Maps - the polygons just don’t show. This is OK but the My Maps thing has to be done by hand - not great when you have lots of maps.

  8. Scott Walsh Says:

    I make cd business cards and this idea of
    GeoRSS feeds is brand new to me. I look forward
    to learning more. I advertise my cards as being
    equipped with geo-tracking. I am interested in
    making M-3 Cards that incorporate this technology
    in order to make the cards more location specific.

    How this works and how I can apply this to
    my M-3 Cards is what I need to know more about.
    If you have any ideas what I can do with GeoRSS
    please dont hesitate to contact me. Also, I would
    be interested to see if anyone else has done
    anything geo-specific with cd business cards
    before.

    Also, Id like to find out about anyone who has
    applied Geo-RSS to mobile gaming, or ‘big games’.

    And, as always, if you have a cd business card
    I can add to my collection, Id love to have it.

  9. Volker Says:

    magnalox.net now supports export in GeoRSS (or better ATOM GeoRSS enriched) too.

    Just click on the feed icon in a magnalog’s menubar and voila.
    http://www.magnalox.net/log/no.php?lid=11696

    Thousands of magnalogs have this feature now, browse
    the database here:
    http://www.magnalox.net/GPS_tracks.php?pg=101

    A question I still have no answer:
    How can I control the display properties of a track (color, width etc)?

    Have fun

  10. Chan Says:

    Awesome! this is a big big deal for GeoRSS. We now have support across all three major web map apis, and a common language for geospatial web.

  11. Mukesh Says:

    Propertywala.com Now delivering Georss of each search page. First time in India

    http://www.propertywala.com/properties/rss.xml
    http://www.propertywala.com/projects/rss.xml
    http://www.propertywala.com/news/rss.xml

  12. Auto Inkoop Says:

    geoRSS is a very good invention, I am happy with this.

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