The open source geospatial community is working on a way to embed location data into RSS, the “news feed” technology now in common use on the Web. The goal is to make it simple for any RSS news feed to send geo-coded information that could automatically generate a map.
RSS is a family of XML formats for exchanging news, especially news about Web pages or other Web content. Many dynamic web sites, including AECnews, provide RSS “feeds” of their new or changed content. Readers can subscribe using a news reader or RSS-enabled email software. Click to continue reading, "GeoRSS: Adding Location Awareness to Web News Feeds."