Re: [Slashcode-general] GeoRSS and Google Maps API Plugins for Slash

[Larson, T. E. <TEL...@we...>]

Alexandre Leroux wrote:
> It's getting complex here since there are numerous possibilities. This
> could be done directly using "RSS to GeoRSS Converter" from
> Geonames.org: http://www.geonames.org/rss-to-georss-converter.html=20
> However, I still feel a custom-made list of locations that can be
> ordered as wished would still be more useful/convenient.=20

I agree.  I always envisioned a set list of locations, as determined by
the site admin.  A US-focused site may have each state as an item, as
well as "Europe", "Asia", etc.

> Humm.. this raises an important issue. Do you want slash to manage the
> 'spatial queries' or let the user's GeoRSS reader do the job? I tend
to
> opt for the GeoRSS reader, since those will evolve/improve way faster
> than slash does. The Slash engine could allow basic searches on
> archives=20
> using a bounding box.

I'm still a very newbie user to RSS altogether.  I think the site itself
needs to have some basic capabilities.


Tim
--=20
Tim Larson
West Corporation, Interactive TeleServices
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