[georss] GeoRSS Reading libraries.

[Andrew Turner]

On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Chris Howell
<chowell at pyxisinnovation.com> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I am looking to incorporate GeoRss into our application. I was wondering if
> anyone had come across C++ or C# library for reading GeoRss ?
>

Hi Chris,  due to the basis of GeoRSS, that it simply adds Geospatial
markup to RSS and Atom, you should use a more general RSS & Atom
parsing library. If the library doesn't support the Geo* then that
little piece could be added.

Perhaps someone can add/expand the list of syndication libraries that
support GeoRSS to the georss.org site? I know there has been support
added to Python FeedParser and Ruby FeedTools as well as various Java
libraries.

Also, it's RSS, hence GeoRSS - not GeoRss (I think Microsoft
mistakenly uses GeoRss).


> Also I've searched the net for well known GeoRss feeds, couldn't find a
> whole lot happening, are their feeds that you guys regularly check out.

There are the commonly used Earthquake GeoRSS. A few other example
services that currently serve GeoRSS are: Flickr, Yelp, Mapufacture,
Eventful, Topix, SmugMug, Platial, GroupsNearYou, BrightKite. Have you
looked at these services yet?

Looking forward to hearing more about the tools you are building.
Andrew


> Cheers
> Chris Howell
> Software Engineer
> the PYXIS innovation Inc - Common Ground for Digital Earth
> www.pyxisinnovation.com
>


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