I am glad to see someone takes me seriously. Amir from Austrolabe took my suggestion on a Google Maps mash-up and ran with it. The result can be seen here.
He has taken up to nine news feeds and the map then takes a pretty fair guess at where the story relates to. The locations are not always perfect, but most are spot on. The feeds are user selectable, with the BIS feed being the default.
If you have any feedback, suggestions etc., feel free to email using the link on the page or just post them here. If you know of good news links with reliable place names embedded within them he may be open to adding them in.
In the mean time, enjoy – if you find it useful, bookmark it.
Update
First one to work out what building the map considers to be the centre
of the world and identify it here in a comment wins a prize.
/Update
5 comments
15 November, 2007 at 21:18
Steven
Andrew, is it this one?
The BIS tower!?
15 November, 2007 at 21:21
Steven
On the map, this is very interesting to see. When playing with it, I think it would be useful if the placemarkers for each feed were a different colour. It could show nicely the geographical biases/focuses of the various feeds. And helps them remain a little clearer.
15 November, 2007 at 21:54
Andrew
Thanks Steven – I will pass the suggestion on.
16 November, 2007 at 14:38
Amir
Good idea. I’ll see what I can do when I get a minute.
17 November, 2007 at 22:27
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