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Yahoo WOEID, Flickr shapefiles - GeoNames | Google Groups
by karlcow
Yahoo! has released their WOEID names/relationship database as CC-
BY-3.0:
http://www.ygeoblog.com/2009/05/announcing-geoplanet-data/
The GeoPlanet Data does not contain any coordinate information, though
Flickr has also released a set of shapefiles as CC0, derived from WOEID
lat/lon geotagged photos:
http://code.flickr.com/blog/2009/05/21/flickr-shapefiles-public-datas...
This seems of interest to GeoNames. It could be cool to have a mapping
of GNIS identifiers to WOEIDs. Would that be within the mission of
GeoNames?
OilCan: Greasemonkey on steroids for Android
by karlcow
OilCan inserts some powerful buttons into normal websites, and that power comes from Android intents. We didn't write a barcode scanner or the radar app into OilCan, but using intents we can launch those apps with parameters. We can request the Barcode Scanner app to scan something and return the code to us, or launch the Radar app with a specific lat/lon.
2008
Adresse -> Lat/Long API Japon
by karlcow
Vous donnez une adresse vous obtenez la position géographique. La fonction javascript qui fait fonctionner le formulaire.
API for geolocation
by karlcow
L'API n'est pas protégé par un login. Avec une addresse comme
東京都世田谷区北沢1-1
on reçoit en retour:
{"result_select":[[{"text":"東京都世田谷区北沢1-1","lat":"35.660823","weight":2,"type":"address","lng":"139.676925"}]]}
Get Lat Lon - find the latitude and longitude of a point on a map
by mbertier
& 5 others
(via)
Find the latitude and longitude of a point on a map.
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2007
Sky aboveStowe VT on Sun 2007 Oct 14 10:42
by knann
Use these numbers for the observing site Lat 44°47'17" Long 73°9'11"
The Semantic Naturalist: Spotter 1.0
by karlcow
new version of Spotter, our Firefox plug-in for semantic eco-blogging. Launching Spotter brings up a form that prompts for values such as reporter, observer, taxon, common name, lat, long, etc. Upon form submission, the user is given the URI of the RDF record that was created from her input.
GeoNames
by Yann_L
& 15 others
The geonames.org geographical database is available for download free of charge under a creative commons attribution license. It contains over eight million geographical names and consists of 6.5 million unique features whereof 2.2 million populated places and 1.8 million alternate names. All features are categorized into one out of nine feature classes and further subcategorized into one out of 645 feature codes. (more statistics ...).
The data is accessible free of charge through a number of webservices and a daily database export. Geonames.org is already serving up to over 3 million web service requests per day.
Geonames is integrating geographical data such as names of places in various languages, elevation, population and others from various sources. All lat/long coordinates are in WGS84 (World Geodetic System 1984). Users may manually edit, correct and add new names using a user friendly wiki interface.
Encoding polylines for Google Maps
by hobbes
& 2 others
(via)
If you want to display complicated path data on a Google Map, the most efficient way to do so is with an encoded polyline or polygon.
* Encoding form: Convert path data to the encoded format. Can generate code or a map.
* Point and click: A Google Map containing a point and click interface to the encoding algorithm.
* Decoder: Decode an encoded point string to obtain a sequence of lat/lng values.
Code Snippets für Google Maps
by delavigne
(via)
gmap
» Scroll Wheel Zoom (IE, Firefox, Opera)
» Pan To Point (IE, Firefox, Opera)
» Get Lat Lon (IE, Firefox, Opera)
Red Hot Chili Peppers zagrają w lipcu w Chorzowie
by jacek
Grupa Red Hot Chili Peppers zagra w Polsce po raz pierwszy
Amerykańska grupa Red Hot Chili Peppers najprawdopodobniej w lipcu wystąpi na Stadionie Śląskim. Informacji nie potwierdził jeszcze ani zespół, ani żaden z organizatorów. Na My Space, na stronie internetowej zespołu, podano dotąd tylko jedną datę koncertu w Europie - 6 lipca w Paryżu. W Chorzowie grupa powinna pojawić się kilka dni wcześniej lub później. Takie informacje podają już media, można je też przeczytać na stronach prowadzonych przez fanów. Jeśli się potwierdzą, to Stadion Śląski czeka w czerwcu i lipcu prawdziwy najazd miłośników rocka (13 czerwca zagra tu Pearl Jam, 21 czerwca Genesis, kilkanaście dni później "Peppersi"). Z tych grup tylko "Red Hoci" przyjeżdżają do nas po raz pierwszy - Pearl Jam był już w Polsce dwa razy (w 1996 r. w Warszawie i w 2000 r. w Katowicach), Genesis raz (w 1998 r. w Katowicach - jednak bez Phila Collinsa, który teraz znów jest w składzie).
Red Hot Chili Peppers to klasyka światowego rocka. Kalifornijska grupa pierwszy album wydała w 1984 r., jej ostatnie wydawnictwo to ubiegłoroczny podwójny album "Stadium Arcadium". Wielka kariera zespołu zaczęła się na początku lat 90., dzięki hitowej balladzie "Under The Bridge". Na całym świecie ich płyty kupiło ponad 60 milionów osób. Przez lata zespół borykał się z problemami personalnymi, od 1998 r. skład nie uległ jednak zmianie - śpiewa Anthony Kiedis, na basie gra Flea, na gitarze John Frusciante, na bębnach Chad Smith.
About Geo-Names
by kant
& 1 other
The geonames.org geographical database is available for download free of charge under a creative commons attribution license. It contains over eight million geographical names and consists of 6.2 million unique features whereof 2.2 million populated places and 1.8 million alternate names. All features are categorized into one out of nine feature classes and further subcategorized into one out of 645 feature codes.
The data is accessible free of charge through a number of webservices and a daily database export.
Geonames is integrating geographical data such as names, altitude, population and others from various sources. All lat/long coordinates are in WGS84 (World Geodetic System 1984). Users may manually edit, correct and add new names using a user friendly wiki interface.
2006
About Geo-Names
by parmentierf
& 1 other
(via)
The geonames.org geographical database is available for download free of charge under a creative commons attribution license. It contains over eight million geographical names and consists of 6.2 million unique features whereof 2.2 million populated places and 1.8 million alternate names. All features are categorized into one out of nine feature classes and further subcategorized into one out of 645 feature codes.
The data is accessible free of charge through a number of webservices and a daily database export.
Geonames is integrating geographical data such as names, altitude, population and others from various sources. All lat/long coordinates are in WGS84 (World Geodetic System 1984). Users may manually edit, correct and add new names using a user friendly wiki interface.
Geo-Names
by clochix
& 15 others
The geonames.org geographical database is available for download free of charge under a creative commons attribution license. It contains over eight million geographical names and consists of 6.2 million unique features whereof 2.2 million populated places and 1.8 million alternate names. All features are categorized into one out of nine feature classes and further subcategorized into one out of 645 feature codes. (more statistics ...).
The data is accessible free of charge through a number of webservices and a daily database export.
Geonames is integrating geographical data such as names, altitude, population and others from various sources. All lat/long coordinates are in WGS84 (World Geodetic System 1984). Users may manually edit, correct and add new names using a user friendly wiki interface.
