tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10303765.post6437064315098686713..comments2023-09-26T10:56:39.429-04:00Comments on Techist: A Blog about Technology, History and Teaching: A Surreal History Mashup MomentJeffrey McClurkenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118204828598680985noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10303765.post-69722730218945972832007-04-21T17:44:00.000-04:002007-04-21T17:44:00.000-04:00Very interesting stuff. It echoes (and then some) ...Very interesting stuff. It echoes (and then some) the geotagging scene I've seen on Flikr. For my favorite example of the moment there, just <A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/map/?&tag=noodles&m=text&fLat=18.547092&fLon=119.619139&zl=14" REL="nofollow">help yourself to a bowl of noodles...</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10303765.post-46267610557007978702007-04-17T17:16:00.000-04:002007-04-17T17:16:00.000-04:00Pretty daggone cool, Dr. History. Now see how it d...Pretty daggone cool, Dr. History. Now see how it does with El Dorado.Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13298202257401928048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10303765.post-11203788246864364822007-04-17T09:57:00.000-04:002007-04-17T09:57:00.000-04:00Cool indeed...and in the spirit of mashingupping, ...Cool indeed...and in the spirit of mashingupping, there are two projects, now closely interwoven, that could provide great data: <A HREF="http://www.dbpedia.org" REL="nofollow"><B>DBpedia</B></A>, the datastore of Wikipedia available for semantic web query, and <A HREF="http://www.geonames.org" REL="nofollow">Geonames</A>, which provides lots of geographical data.<BR/><BR/>The cool interface of My Maps isn't there, but data a'plenty!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10303765.post-4863615952790990852007-04-17T08:26:00.000-04:002007-04-17T08:26:00.000-04:00Very cool. My Maps is a pretty fun program. Kati...Very cool. My Maps is a pretty fun program. Kati Singel has been using this application to re-create the route of Spotswood and company for the journey of the "Golden Horseshoe." Take a look <A HREF="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&channel=s&q=&z=10&om=1&msid=110794729673470845451.00000111dbfdf10cf7b6e&msa=0" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com