GeoRSS is a standard for encoding location as part of a Web feed. The name "GeoRSS" is derived from RSS, a well known web feed and syndication format.
Questions tagged [georss]
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PHP parsing a georss namespace with simpleXML
Trying to parse out lat/lon from a google maps rss feed:
$file = "http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&vps=1&jsv=327b&msa=0&output=georss&msid=217909142388190116501.000473ca1b7eb5750ebfe";
$xml = simplexml_load_file($file);
$loc =…

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How do I correctly reference georss: point in my xsd?
I am putting together an XSD schema to describe an existing GeoRSS feed, but I am stumbling trying to use the external georss.xsd to validate an element of type georss:point. I've reduced the problem to the smallest components thusly:
XML:

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Change color of GeoRSS feed GMaps API v3?
I've imported a city feed for construction on a Google Map API v3. Unfortunately, the default color is a blue that doesn't convey the "caution" needed for construction. Is there an easy way to change the colour of the GeoRSS overlay? Thanks!

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create geoRss feed
I am new to geoRss.
How can we write the geoRss feed. I have my lat long values and some other fields in mysql db which i want to add in the geoRss feed.
Thanks and Regards,
Ashish

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What is the proper way in OpenLayers (OSM) to trigger a popup for a feature?
I have the feature ID, I can grab the marker layer on GeoRSS loadend, but I'm still not sure how to cause the popup to appear programmatically.
I'll create the popup on demand if that's necessary, but it seems as though I should be able to get the…

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New to OOP PHP, need critique on first Geo RSS Class
I'm completely new to OOP PHP and currently reading "PHP Objects, Patterns and Practice". I needed to develop something that will generate a GeoRSS feed. This is what I have (it works perfectly, I would just like some critique as to what I could do…

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OpenLayers GeoRSS parsing - All points on top of each other
I'm following an OpenLayers tutorial from OpenGeo, and am struggling with a vector layer which reads a GeoRSS encoded XML file of earthquake locations - which seems to be used a lot in these sort of tutorials. The maps produces a single point (at…

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Cannot create XML tag with colon in name via XElement
I need to create XML tags with name geo:lat and geo:long for creating an GeoRSS feed. But it throws
The ':' character, hexadecimal value 0x3A, cannot be included in a name.
Part of the code is this:
XElement("geo:lat", item.Latitude);
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Polymaps.org & KML / Plotting lines in GeoJSON
Has anyone had a play with the Polymaps.org KML parser? To me it seems the example doesn't even work.
I have an existing KML file which is being generated from a very simple database - I have a placemark name, and a lat/long in decimal notation for…

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Looping through GeoJSON items from GeoRSS with jQuery
I have a GeoRSS feed, that I am trying to parse with jQuery to create a geoJSON array that I can then add to a MapBox map with Leaflet.
I think I have managed to turn the GeoRSS into GeoJSON ok, but then I just can;t seem to work out how to loop…

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Parsing twitter API Namespace georss:point Not bound
We are parsing the Twitter API in our application. This used to be working fine till yesterday, but now we get the following exception:
javax.xml.bind.DataBindingException: javax.xml.bind.UnmarshalException
- with linked…

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Auto-update GEORSS feed in GoogleMaps?
I've created my own Google Map and entered the GEORSS feed from my Flickr account.
Geotagged photos display on the map perfectly.
However, when I add new photos with geotag data to Flickr, they don't appear on my Google Map.
How can my Google Map…

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Best way to submit location data to Google for indexing
My site has a large number of local service providers and their location information.
I'm assuming this is the sort of thing Google would like to index in their Maps or Places product since I see their map widget come up in related search…

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Making a Google Map with custom markers on maps.google.com
I'm currently using the Google Maps v.3 API to generate a custom map of locations in my database on my site. Each location that turns up in the database query is given a marker and a simple Info Window that displays its name and address. However,…

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Google Feed API to parse Google MyMaps GeoRSS?
what's the best way to parse the geoRss coming from Goggle MyMaps?
I tried jFeed but i have cross-domain issues, i tried the Google's Feed Api but it doesnt give you the lat/lon but the title, author etc...
there is any way to choose the elements…

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