Commodore Remix

Posted: **12/06/2006 - 18:20**

I found this nice service. It uses metadata fragments placed in the html/head element to geographically index pages, fx

(meta name="geo.position" content="54.91;9.79")

The service lets a user find pages of people in the proximity of a page owner.

GeoURL

It may be worth combining with PURL's.

Posted: **12/06/2006 - 21:51**

I allready use them on my site(s) allong with the alternative ICBM tags..

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meta name="ICBM" content="4.6667,52.4833" 
meta name="geo.position" content="4.6667;52.4833" 
meta name="geo.placename" content="Beverwijk"
meta name="tgn.name" content="Beverwijk"
meta name="geo.country" content="NL"
meta name="tgn.nation" content="Netherlands"
meta name="tgn.id" content="7007050"

There's even a specialised searchengine for these..
http://geourl.org/near/?p=http://intmainvoid.nl/

edit: posting them with the fishhooks doesn't seem to work

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<meta>

Posted: **12/06/2006 - 23:00**

Yep, I use a link and icon on my page to GeoURL for proximity sites. Really should use some Dublin Core (DC) and Friend of a Friend (FOAF) too. There aren't that many users yet though. If only google was behind the service and properly integrated it with maps... ps. I used to call my old site "Jinx"

Posted: **13/06/2006 - 0:12**

I put this on my blog, I found out I've not got any really interesting sites near me.