lørdag den 6. september 2008

GeoRSS Feeds in Explorer



Jeg har virkelig savnet at kikke se levende data på kortet. Alle data man kikker på er mere eller mindre historiske og det kan også have sin charme. De første luftfotos på nettet fik folk til at kikke en ekstra gang og jeg kender ikke så få som troede at billederne var mere eller mindre live. Og nej det er ikke fordi min bekendtskabskreds består af lavintellektuelle personager. Live billeder fra luften bliver nok heller ikke hverdagskost de næste mange år, men levende data i forhold til begivenheder her og der på kloden/kortet det er her og vil blive mere udbredt - et levende kort siger 1000 gange mere end et statisk ...
/Sik



I have really missed live data on maps. All the data you see on maps today are more or less historical and that is fine for most. The first aerial photos we saw on the web made people look and stare and I had quite a few friends who thought the images were more or less live coverage. And no, it's not because I mostly have low intellectuals friends but because that for most seems to be the first expectation you get. Now, live image coverage of the earth won't be around for some time yet but events shown dynamically when they occur somewhere on the globe / map will. A live map says a 1000 times more than a static equivalent ...
/Sik


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According to Wikipedia, GeoRSS is an emerging standard for encoding location as part of an RSS feed. What that boils down to for Explorer users is that it's another connection type that enables you to add dynamic, constantly changing information to your map.

The following video clip shows how you can connect to and use a GeoRSS feed:

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Read more: http://blogs.esri.com/Info/blogs/arcgisexplorerblog/archive/2008/09/04/georss-feeds-in-explorer.aspx



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