Read a blog in Google Earth

zorankovacevic · 10-31-2005, 09:19 AM

Hi all,

I've hacked a script that transforms an RSS2 feed (enriched with geotags) into KML. This way you can fly from RSS location to location and read something about that place.

I use it for my holiday blog. There are examples showing the latest earthquakes, etc.

Check it out here: http://www.kovacevic.nl/blog/archive...le-Earth!.html

Best, Zoran

P.S.: If you want to a geotag enabled blog, try here: http://www.kovacevic.nl/blog/archive...ag-plugin.html

araT · 10-31-2005, 12:00 PM

Nice work! very good idea! There are many other similar files already on the site such as; Flickr Images - This pulls up the closest 50 photos of the location you are looking at, great for virtual sightseeing! & News Around The World - This takes the latest Google News headlines and posts them as little scrolls around the world.. first paragraph of the article is in the description and there is a link to the full article

Enjoy!

T.

zorankovacevic · 11-01-2005, 07:15 AM

Yep, I knew about the Flickr one, which is really cool. I'm thinking about making a similar one for the Gallery2 software.

The news link you mentioned is only about old news? It is not updated any more, or is it a static file? If not, how did they manage to get the locations from the news item?

Best, Zoran

10-31-2005, 09:19 AM	#1
zorankovacevic Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Posts: 2	Read a blog in Google Earth Hi all, I've hacked a script that transforms an RSS2 feed (enriched with geotags) into KML. This way you can fly from RSS location to location and read something about that place. I use it for my holiday blog. There are examples showing the latest earthquakes, etc. Check it out here: http://www.kovacevic.nl/blog/archive...le-Earth!.html Best, Zoran P.S.: If you want to a geotag enabled blog, try here: http://www.kovacevic.nl/blog/archive...ag-plugin.html

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10-31-2005, 12:00 PM	#2
araT Licensed to Ban Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sydney, Oz Posts: 1,244	Nice work! very good idea! There are many other similar files already on the site such as; Flickr Images - This pulls up the closest 50 photos of the location you are looking at, great for virtual sightseeing! & News Around The World - This takes the latest Google News headlines and posts them as little scrolls around the world.. first paragraph of the article is in the description and there is a link to the full article Enjoy! T.

11-01-2005, 07:15 AM	#3
zorankovacevic Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Posts: 2	Yep, I knew about the Flickr one, which is really cool. I'm thinking about making a similar one for the Gallery2 software. The news link you mentioned is only about old news? It is not updated any more, or is it a static file? If not, how did they manage to get the locations from the news item? Best, Zoran