Carlo Bonamico’s weblog

One of the latest (and nicest) features of the always improving Google Maps service is the direct support for GeoRSS feeds, or RSS feeds where location is embedded as a microformat such as in the following example feed:

[omitting feed header …]

	<item>

		<title>Genova JUG @ NIS - 23 July 2007 - UPDATE</title>
		<link>http://www.carlobonamico.com/blog/2007/07/20/
			genova-jug-nis-23-july-2007-update/</link>

		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<description>…</description>
		<content:encoded>Vi confermo …

		</content:encoded>

		<georss:point featurename=“Corso Torino, Genova”>
			44.403637 8.951733
		</georss:point>

	</item>

It’s use is very simple: just paste the feed URL in the search box or specify it in the query (q) parameter:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://www.carlobonamico.com/blog/feed

actually, the previous link will display the geo-referenced feed for this blog!

More news on Google Maps and Geo-Mashups soon…