Friday, February 29, 2008

GeoRSS vs. KML

From my limited exposure to both, I have but one comment: Both are straightforward enough for basic functions, however, a simple point in GeoRSS is represented as
<georss:point>latitude longitude</georss:point>
while in KML it's
<Point> <coordinates>longitude,latitude</coordinates> </Point>

So everyone definitely needs his own favorite separator, but can't we all play nice with each other, and agree on something consistent with the coordinate system?

Anyway, the lesson is if you have a GeoRSS feed that displays well in Google Maps, don't forget to swap the coordinates when converting it into KML for Google Earth. Does anyone else also wish they make up a mind already?!

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