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Web Developer Resource Index: GeoURL

GeoURL allows the Web site developer to identify the relationship of their site to a physical location on the planet. By adding a few metadata elements to the <head> section of your site, and then your URI to the GeoURL database, you can find out what other sites are near you, and share your location with the rest of the world.

The coordinates are naturally described in terms of a latitude and longitude, but in decimal rather than minutes and seconds. You can use the ICBM meta element, left over from the days of the Usenet mapping project, or the geotags syntax:

If you’re lucky enough to have a GPS device, determining your location is easy. Otherwise there are a number of Web services available to help you, or simply visit Google Maps.

To better understand how GeoURL works, you can visit some of my Neighbors.

Note: that I am including several other resources in this category that relate to geographic metadata, and fun stuff like Mozilla Firefox extensions.

Updated: Tuesday, April 19th, 2005 @ 5:59 PM EST [63]

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1.GeoURL 2.0

GeoURL is a location-to-URL reverse directory. This will allow you to find URLs by their proximity to a given location. [1011]
★★★★☆
URI:http://geourl.org/
Author:
Joshua Schachter
[1]
Reviewed:Tuesday, April 19th, 2005 @ 3:56 AM EST
by:
Douglas Clifton

GeoURL 2.0 directory geourl url
2.TerraServer USA

Determine the exact latitude and longitude of any location in the United States. Lots of additional information including aerial photography, topo maps and demographics. Sponsored by the USGS. [1018]
★★★★☆
URI:http://terraserver.microsoft.com/
Author:
TerraServer Developers
[1]
Reviewed:Tuesday, April 19th, 2005 @ 5:59 PM EST
by:
Douglas Clifton

TerraServer USA geourl maps
3.Maporama.com

Determine your latitude and longitude anywhere on the Earth. Plus many other features. [1017]
★★★★☆
URI:http://www.maporama.com/share/
Author:
Maporama Team
[1]
Reviewed:Tuesday, April 19th, 2005 @ 5:24 PM EST
by:
Douglas Clifton

Maporama.com maps
4.Flickr World Map

Another Firefox extension for GeoURL. When you're on a Web page which has been tagged with GeoURL metadata the globe will light up. Click on the globe to see a flash world map for that location with flickr photos and websites for the nearest city. [1016]
★★★★☆
URI:http://www.allthegoodness.com/projects/map/flickr/
Author:
Mark Zeman
[1]
Reviewed:Tuesday, April 19th, 2005 @ 4:58 PM EST
by:
Douglas Clifton

Flickr World Map extension firefox flickr geourl maps
5.forevergeek: GeoURL

Blog discussion about the new GeoURL 2.0 service, and many other "geek" topics. [1015]
★★★★☆
URI:http://forevergeek.com/geek_resources/geourl.php
Author:
Paul Scrivens
[2]
Reviewed:Tuesday, April 19th, 2005 @ 2:46 PM EST
by:
Douglas Clifton

forevergeek: GeoURL geourl
6.Metadata, Mark II: Getting on the Map with GeoURL

With just two lines of code, GeoURL maps documents in cyberspace to real-world locations. Once you've added your site to GeoURL's database, you can immediately see who else has registered Web pages in (or about) your neighborhood. [1014]
★★★★☆
URI:http://webmonkey.wired.com/webmonkey/03/24/index0a_page3.html?tw=e-bu...
Author:
Jason Cook
[1]
Reviewed:Tuesday, April 19th, 2005 @ 5:35 AM EST
by:
Douglas Clifton

Metadata, Mark II: Getting on the Map with GeoURL geourl maps
7.Firefox GeoURL Extension

This extension adds an icon to the browser's status bar. If a document features either an ICBM or geo.position meta element, the button opens a new tab with a listing of any GeoURL registered sites at or around the document's coordinates. [1013]
★★★★☆
URI:http://www.splintered.co.uk/experiments/71/
Author:
Patrick Lauke
[4]
Reviewed:Tuesday, April 19th, 2005 @ 5:13 AM EST
by:
Douglas Clifton

Firefox GeoURL Extension extension firefox geourl
8.Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

The TGN is a structured vocabulary of names and other information about places. Names for a place may include names in the vernacular language, English, other languages, historical names, names and in natural order and inverted order. [1012]
★★★★☆
URI:http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/
Author:
Getty Research Institute
[1]
Reviewed:Tuesday, April 19th, 2005 @ 4:44 AM EST
by:
Douglas Clifton

Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names geourl