Our feature grew out of the fact that the Google map geocoder only works in a few countries (none in Latin America to be precise). Since the issue is only with geocoding and Google Maps accepts any lat/long, we started by writing our own Geocoder.
Once we had the geocoder done, we realized that every object or piece of content in our database could be made geo-aware in a way that we would not need the Google interface. We could build any interface that we desired to display the relationships among geo-aware content. The contextual filtering for video is the first example that we built. Our examples at http://vidlisting.com/interviews.asp <http://vidlisting.com/interviews.asp> use other videos (again, select any interview and look under the video for the eight most geographically close videos in the same language - the videos from central america work best because national borders are often crossed). It would be just as easy to limit the search radius and recommend to the user other forms of local geo-aware content in a specific area (articles, reviews, podcasts, videos, anything). If I select one thing as a user, I can be also exposed to everything else in that area in a relatively unobtrusive way. Thoughts? Tony --- In [email protected], "caroosky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > All great ideas. Keep them coming! > > Best, > Carter > http://crowdabout.us > > > --- In [email protected], Rupert rupert@ 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] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
