check out my blog map below (and my side bar)ain't it cool? now i can see who are blogging around my "neighbloggers"!
so, let's all get one ... so that we can start our own community :)
this nice little idea was the brain child of Chandu Thota, who created this site riding on the Microsoft® MapPoint® Technology coupled with geo-tags.
To get your own BlogMap click here
Here are some pre-requisites though that i gathered from the website
- You can either submit your feed (RSS, ATOM) or blog url.
- If you have ICBM or geo.position tags in your feed/site, you need not enter your location.
- If no ICBM or geo.position tags are found, you need to manually enter your location.
- To update your location, simply re-submit your blog with new location information.
You can either submit your feed (RSS, ATOM) or blog url.
Apparently, you blog MUST have RSS or ATOM feed on your blog. When i tried to entered my blogdrive site, i get this error
Sorry! Unable to detect RSS or ATOM feed from the url: 'http://mywalkwithchrist.blogdrive.com'.
So far, i am not aware whether the rest of the blog hosts have these feeds except i know Blogger have it.
If you have ICBM or geo.position tags in your feed/site, you need not enter your location.
First of all you need to insert the geo-tags into your web page's header tag, i.e. between <HEAD></HEAD> in your blog HTML code block.
There are the older ICBM tags and the newer, more generic geo-structure tags.
<meta name='ICBM' content="[latitude], [longitude]" />
<meta name="geo.position" content="[latitude];[longitude]" />
I inserted both.
The ICBM (original acronym is Intercontinental Ballistic Missile) tags derive from a more historical application, as described in the AntiOnline jargon dictionary:
ICBM address n.
(Also 'missile address') The form used to register a site with the Usenet mapping project, back before the day of pervasive Internet, included a blank for longitude and latitude, preferably to seconds-of-arc accuracy. This was actually used for generating geographically-correct maps of Usenet links on a plotter; however, it became traditional to refer to this as one's 'ICBM address' or 'missile address', and some people include it in their sig block with that name. (A real missile address would include target elevation.)
Now will be a good time to thank your geography teacher ...
The [latitude] and [longitude] tags holds the value of your current location to be mapped in decimal degree coordinate values.
And if you must ...
Latitude = Garis Lintang
Longitude = Garis Bujur
My coordinates for Sungai Besi, Kuala Lumpur are ...
Latitude: 3° 4' 12'' N
Longitude: 101° 43' 12'' E
(DMS: Degrees, minutes and seconds)
which converts to
Latitude: 3.07000
Longitude: 101.72000
(Decimal degrees)
Therefore my geotags are ...
<meta name='ICBM' content="3.07000, 101.72000" />
<meta name="geo.position" content="3.07000;101.72000" />
for south (S) and west (W), these values are in negative, and if you haven't already know ... the range is from -180 to 180 for both the latitudes and longtitudes.
so now you can go and calculate yourself your own geo-tags ... this is what geography class for ... hint .. the decimals are converted into minutes and seconds
well ... if you are that lazy you can always use this tool
but since i love the people in Subang Jaya so much, your geo-tags are ...
<meta name='ICBM' content="3.07755, 101.59000" />
<meta name="geo.position" content="3.07755;101.59000" />
If no ICBM or geo.position tags are found, you need to manually enter your location.
but .. the location are not accurate for places outside the States (so typical)
this returns you the Latitudes and Longtitudes value, or you can try for Malaysia, here.
quoting the BlogMap people, ...
Come on, don't you want to know who's blogging near you?
kuancheen|munich|20050812.1200
... now, if you will excuse me, i need to evacuate, now that my coordinates are public
8 comments:
Thanks for the post. Can I link to this as a resource from my Submit page on FeedMap.net?
Thanks,
Chandu
chandu thota <<: my pleasure ... go ahead! thanks for the map in the first place.
Thanks for the great tutorial...I've put a link to it on my blog - without asking you first...Hope you don't mind :)
- http://jroller.com/page/talonx
Hrishikesh Barua: you are welcome, go ahead :)
i know u have heard it far too often. but one cannot but....
thank u so much for helping me put the map. can i link to ur site
soma jot majumdar: hi, no prob, just glad to be of help, sure go ahead and link to this site.
Thanks Kaun Cheen.
This is an amazing blog. I hope to build something like this when I get time. Thanks a lot for the information.
I will create a link to this page.
Cheers
Himanshu
Himanshu Virkar: my pleasure. i'm sure you will too!
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