All great ideas. Keep them coming! Best, Carter http://crowdabout.us
--- In [email protected], Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks, Carter :D > > A built in option to leave map images would be great, if you can find > an easy way to plug in the Google Maps API. Just giving the links > has been fun. > > Actually, maybe you don't even have to call the map image into the > frame. I have dreamed (as I mentioned before) of a whole bunch of > different types of time-based icons & hotspots built into the player > - timeline based icons that appear at one side at specific times - an > icon that shows a map, another icon that opens an info page... a wide > selection of different icons that the author could choose from that > could represent all sorts of links/info - like the different icons in > Google Earth community posts that show whether a placemark is a > photo, video, blog entry, whatever. Maybe these icons could be > something we can click and paste into the Time Post pane below the > player in Crowdabout.us - so that an author clicks on the icon he > wants, adds the URL and the viewer just sees a clickable icon as a > post/comment rather than all the longwinded text of the map URL like > I've done. Rich, rich, rich! > > I've been leaving you audio comments in return to yours, talking into > my laptop while my wife stares at me as if I'm mad. Love audio > comments. Wish I had a Macbook with built in iSight so I could stare > at the lens while I talk. > > For anyone who feels mad talking into a lens as if you're talking to > a real person, I highly recommend http://www.zefrank.com today. It's > genius. > > Rupert > http://www.fatgirlinohio.org/ > http://www.crowdabout.us/fatgirlinohio/myshow/ > > > On 7 Mar 2007, at 19:17, caroosky wrote: > > > > Sounds very cool, Tony. I'm having problems with the link you > provided, though, so I'll check back to see it in action later. > > Rupert (from this forum) is using google map links in the time-posts > of his videos over at CrowdAbout.us. Poor guy is going to think I've > started stalking him, but I was amazed and pleased to see just how > immediate and contextual information like this is, when presented > along with video, and how it helped to make the connection to the > content and the creator more tangible. It's got me thinking we should > even make it an option, and turn the link into the map display right > in the post. > > Best, > Carter Harkins > http://crowdabout.us > > --- In [email protected], "marforton" <marforton@> wrote: > > > > > > Select any video interview at the link below to see the feature at > work. > > Underneath the video that plays, you'll find a UI with the eight > > geographically closest videos in that same language. > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "marforton" <marforton@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > This is my first post - been lurkig for a few months. Just a quick > > > question to see if anyone is doing any work in the area of online > > video > > > and geolocation outside of a Google Maps interface. > > > > > > We've developed a beta UI feature that finds the geographically > > closest > > > videos based on some user derived context. In the case of our beta > > > functionality, the contexts are limited to video language and > location > > > of the selected video. A bit more coding would make almost any > context > > > driven filtering possible. > > > > > > The feature works with any of our interviews found at > > > http://vidlisting.com/interviews.asp > > > <http://vidlisting.com/interviews.asp> . Choosing an interview from > > > Central America (Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua) will best > demonstrate > > > that the functionality works across national borders. > > > > > > Thoughts on the functionality? Have others implemented similar > > > contextual functionality with video or working on integrating > > > geolocation with video outside of a Google maps interface? > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > Tony > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
