Re: [backstage-developer] BBC News GeoFeed
At 11:56 05/03/2008, you wrote: Barry Hunter wrote: Seems to do reasonably well http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http%3A%2F%2Fws.geonames.org%2FrssToGeoRSS%3Ftype%3Dkml%26feedUrl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fnewsrss.bbc.co.uk%252Frss%252Fnewsonline_uk_edition%252Fuk%252Frss.xml Of course geocoding free text stories is still an imprecise science. Indeed - I like the way that it appears to dither between interpreting "UK" as the United Kingdom or the Ukraine... And, of course, the way it seems to think that Calais is in Russia. Pete - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk developer discussion group. To unsubscribe, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe backstage-developer [your email] as the message.
Re: [backstage-developer] BBC News GeoFeed
Barry Hunter wrote: Seems to do reasonably well http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http%3A%2F%2Fws.geonames.org%2FrssToGeoRSS%3Ftype%3Dkml%26feedUrl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fnewsrss.bbc.co.uk%252Frss%252Fnewsonline_uk_edition%252Fuk%252Frss.xml Of course geocoding free text stories is still an imprecise science. Indeed - I like the way that it appears to dither between interpreting "UK" as the United Kingdom or the Ukraine... S - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk developer discussion group. To unsubscribe, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe backstage-developer [your email] as the message.
Re: [backstage-developer] BBC News GeoFeed
The Geofeed APIs specifically mention US cities and states, so maybe that is all they support in the feeds. Try www.geonames.org they have a RSS -> GeoRSS convertor Seems to do reasonably well http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http%3A%2F%2Fws.geonames.org%2FrssToGeoRSS%3Ftype%3Dkml%26feedUrl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fnewsrss.bbc.co.uk%252Frss%252Fnewsonline_uk_edition%252Fuk%252Frss.xml Of course geocoding free text stories is still an imprecise science. You will probably have better luck geocoding the regional feeds (as they already have regional 'geocoding'), but dont know of a off the shelf converter that can take that hint, although I have feeling there is a mashup doing this, but dont rememebr it off hand. See also http://labs.metacarta.com/rss-geotagger/ but the services here: http://ondemand.metacarta.com/ might be of particular interest if looking to build a more inteligent converter yourself On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Peter Bleackley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've just tried to create a GeoFeed from a BBC News RSS feed. Here's > the feed I created > > http://www.geofeed.net/feeds/253 > > and here it is in map form > > http://www.geofeed.net/geofeed-map/253 > > but it doesn't seem to work. Anyone got any idea what's wrong here? > > Pete Bleackley > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk developer discussion group. To > unsubscribe, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe > backstage-developer [your email] as the message. > -- Barry - www.nearby.org.uk - www.geograph.org.uk - - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk developer discussion group. To unsubscribe, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe backstage-developer [your email] as the message.
Re: [backstage-developer] BBC News GeoFeed
At 16:09 04/03/2008, you wrote: Peter Bleackley wrote: http://www.geofeed.net/feeds/253 but it doesn't seem to work. Anyone got any idea what's wrong here? None of the items in that feed has any geo information; I don't know anything about geofeed, but it looks like it couldn't find anything to work with? That's what surprises me. You would think that a News story would contain at least one place name. Maybe GeoFeed just isn't much good. Pete Bleackley - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk developer discussion group. To unsubscribe, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe backstage-developer [your email] as the message.
Re: [backstage-developer] BBC News GeoFeed
Peter Bleackley wrote: http://www.geofeed.net/feeds/253 but it doesn't seem to work. Anyone got any idea what's wrong here? None of the items in that feed has any geo information; I don't know anything about geofeed, but it looks like it couldn't find anything to work with? ATB, Matthew - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk developer discussion group. To unsubscribe, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe backstage-developer [your email] as the message.
Re: [backstage-developer] BBC News GeoFeed
Line 87: var point = new GPoint(, ); I suspect this may be the problem. Cheers, R. On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Peter Bleackley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've just tried to create a GeoFeed from a BBC News RSS feed. Here's > the feed I created > > http://www.geofeed.net/feeds/253 > > and here it is in map form > > http://www.geofeed.net/geofeed-map/253 > > but it doesn't seem to work. Anyone got any idea what's wrong here? > > Pete Bleackley > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk developer discussion group. To unsubscribe, > please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe > backstage-developer [your email] as the message. > -- SilverDisc Ltd is registered in England no. 2798073 Registered address: 4 Swallow Court, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 6XX - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk developer discussion group. To unsubscribe, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe backstage-developer [your email] as the message.
[backstage-developer] BBC News GeoFeed
I've just tried to create a GeoFeed from a BBC News RSS feed. Here's the feed I created http://www.geofeed.net/feeds/253 and here it is in map form http://www.geofeed.net/geofeed-map/253 but it doesn't seem to work. Anyone got any idea what's wrong here? Pete Bleackley - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk developer discussion group. To unsubscribe, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe backstage-developer [your email] as the message.
