Comments on: Geo tagging and search http://www.borthwick.com/weblog/2006/05/27/geo-tagging-and-search/ occasional thoughts by john borthwick Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:13:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: John http://www.borthwick.com/weblog/2006/05/27/geo-tagging-and-search/#comment-12 John Fri, 02 Jun 2006 21:03:16 +0000 http://www.borthwick.com/weblog/2006/05/27/geo-tagging-and-search/#comment-12 It will be interesting to see how we differentiate precise lat/lon from general areas. I wonder if there shouldnt be a tag for general vs. precise. Or fuzzy as you call it -- appropriate name. It will be interesting to see how we differentiate precise lat/lon from general areas. I wonder if there shouldnt be a tag for general vs. precise. Or fuzzy as you call it — appropriate name.

]]> By: Rod Edwards http://www.borthwick.com/weblog/2006/05/27/geo-tagging-and-search/#comment-11 Rod Edwards Wed, 31 May 2006 18:19:28 +0000 http://www.borthwick.com/weblog/2006/05/27/geo-tagging-and-search/#comment-11 Hi John - I'd like to geotag as much as makes sense, for sure. I started all in response to travel planning and home shopping - and found geotagging to be very useful. At any rate - there isn't a protocol that I know of for descibing a rough area. Wikimapia.com (IIRC) uses rectangles to designate areas about which information can be written, but I haven't implemented anything similar myself, instead relying on people to pick an arbitrary point in the area and work off of that. If you think there's a compelling enough reason to implement a "fuzzy geotag" let me know, and i'll look into it. --Rod. Hi John - I’d like to geotag as much as makes sense, for sure. I started all in response to travel planning and home shopping - and found geotagging to be very useful.

At any rate - there isn’t a protocol that I know of for descibing a rough area. Wikimapia.com (IIRC) uses rectangles to designate areas about which information can be written, but I haven’t implemented anything similar myself, instead relying on people to pick an arbitrary point in the area and work off of that.

If you think there’s a compelling enough reason to implement a “fuzzy geotag” let me know, and i’ll look into it.

–Rod.

]]> By: John http://www.borthwick.com/weblog/2006/05/27/geo-tagging-and-search/#comment-10 John Wed, 31 May 2006 09:27:39 +0000 http://www.borthwick.com/weblog/2006/05/27/geo-tagging-and-search/#comment-10 Thks Rod. Seems like you are seeking to geo tag everything. I used your flickr/blockrocker tool to add geo-tags to other photos -- useful. Did wonder whether there was a protocol for tagging something with approx. lat/lon vs. exact lat/lon? Thks Rod. Seems like you are seeking to geo tag everything. I used your flickr/blockrocker tool to add geo-tags to other photos — useful.

Did wonder whether there was a protocol for tagging something with approx. lat/lon vs. exact lat/lon?

]]> By: Rod Edwards http://www.borthwick.com/weblog/2006/05/27/geo-tagging-and-search/#comment-9 Rod Edwards Wed, 31 May 2006 00:46:11 +0000 http://www.borthwick.com/weblog/2006/05/27/geo-tagging-and-search/#comment-9 John - you may want to take a look at the "Geotagging Flickr" group at: http://flickr.com/groups/geotagging Personally, I run a geo site that maps Flickr photos (among a tonne of other things). Your switzerland photo (I think) is here: http://blockrocker.com/index.php?pcat=70&platt=45.95&plongt=8.95&pzoom=14 Finally, I have a Flickr geotagging tool that makes it extremely easy to add geotags to your pics: http://www.blockrocker.com/service_flickr.php There's lots of discussion on my Flickr service here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/geotagging/discuss/72057594136045112/ Final note, is that I also have a tag generator for blog posts, which blockrocker will then pick up and map via technorati: http://www.blockrocker.com/service_geoblog.php There you have it. There's quite the geotagging subculture out there! -Rod. John - you may want to take a look at the “Geotagging Flickr” group at:
http://flickr.com/groups/geotagging

Personally, I run a geo site that maps Flickr photos (among a tonne of other things). Your switzerland photo (I think) is here:
http://blockrocker.com/index.php?pcat=70&platt=45.95&plongt=8.95&pzoom=14

Finally, I have a Flickr geotagging tool that makes it extremely easy to add geotags to your pics:
http://www.blockrocker.com/service_flickr.php

There’s lots of discussion on my Flickr service here:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/geotagging/discuss/72057594136045112/

Final note, is that I also have a tag generator for blog posts, which blockrocker will then pick up and map via technorati:
http://www.blockrocker.com/service_geoblog.php

There you have it. There’s quite the geotagging subculture out there!

-Rod.

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