Re: [uf-discuss] Microformats in Google Maps

2007-08-21 Thread Gregor J. Rothfuss
i will work on it when i have some time. On 8/21/07, Andy Mabbett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Gregor J. Rothfuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Unfortunately, now that I've checked, I find that it appears buggy. This search: http://tinyurl.com/38gbbl

RE: [uf-discuss] Microformats in Google Maps

2007-08-02 Thread Farndon, Tony
, Tony -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Faaborg Sent: 01 August 2007 19:31 To: Microformats Discuss; Kevin Marks Subject: Re: [uf-discuss] Microformats in Google Maps This is great, I'm really glad to see Google using microformats. Quick

Re: [uf-discuss] Microformats in Google Maps

2007-08-02 Thread David Mead
I don't think it's Operator that's at fault. I wrote a post about trying Google Maps (http://www.viewfromw6th.com/2007/08/microformats-getting-bigger.html) as soon as I heard they were using microformats. Looking up our company address I could not pull any meaningful data out using Operator,

Re: [uf-discuss] Microformats in Google Maps

2007-08-02 Thread Rob Manson
Hi all, converting a freeform address is definitely much easier nowadays with all the geocode services out there, so nobody should have to develop their own custom parser any more. For example Google provides an excellent service so any publisher with freeform address data should not only be

RE: [uf-discuss] Microformats in Google Maps

2007-08-02 Thread Rob Manson
We do that internally via some scripts so I'd be happy to contribute one if more than a couple of people are interested in it. It could be a nice parallel to the vCard to hCard converter I contributed too. Rob On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 14:46 +0100, Farndon, Tony wrote: Has anyone built a page

Re: [uf-discuss] Microformats in Google Maps

2007-08-02 Thread Gregor J. Rothfuss
ah. i have not implemented microformats for geocodes yet. they are stored and handled differently. if i get some of that 20% time (heh) i will add support for it. On 8/1/07, Rob Manson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Gregor, I just followed the tinyurl link that Andy Mabbett posted to the list

re: [uf-discuss] Microformats in Google Maps

2007-08-01 Thread Rob Manson
Hi Gregor, any suggestions what ought to be fixed? When I view selection source I get the following: span style=display: none; class=fn orgAddress:/span/tdtd style= class=adrGreat Barr Schoolbr922 Aldridge RdbrGreat Barr, Birmingham B44br/td So it appears that none of the address

Re: [uf-discuss] Microformats in Google Maps

2007-08-01 Thread Gregor J. Rothfuss
what query was that for? when i search for pizza, i get TD id=panel_A class=text vcard style=outline-color: black; outline-style: solid; outline-width: medium;DIV class=nameSPAN id=sxlinkA onclick=this.blur();return openInfoWindow('A'); id=link_A log=miw

Re: [uf-discuss] Microformats in Google Maps

2007-08-01 Thread Rob Manson
Hi Gregor, I just followed the tinyurl link that Andy Mabbett posted to the list which lead to a Google Maps search: http://tinyurl.com/38gbbl Then did a view selection source on the address in the left hand panel. Hope that helps... Rob Manson

Re: [uf-discuss] Microformats in Google Maps

2007-08-01 Thread Michael MD
So it appears that none of the address sub-elements are being classified at all, just simply poured into the adr td and broken up with br's. To be parsed they should be wrapped in classified elements like the I'm not surprised at all to see this kind of thing out there. There are a lot of

Re: [uf-discuss] Microformats in Google Maps

2007-07-31 Thread Andy Mabbett
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Kevin Marks [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Microformats in Google Maps P.S. I've updated Wikipedia accordingly: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Maps#Development_history_until_recent_issues http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HCard#Users -- Andy Mabbett

Re: [uf-discuss] Microformats in Google Maps

2007-07-31 Thread Andy Mabbett
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Kevin Marks [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Microformats in Google Maps Unfortunately, now that I've checked, I find that it appears buggy. This search: http://tinyurl.com/38gbbl has 3 hCards, two are invalid and the other (in the pushpin pop-up) has: