Where 2.0: Google is Opening the GeoIndex(Where 2.0:Google即将开放GeoIndex)
Brady Forrest
2008/05/13
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Today, John Hanke, Director of Geo for Google and co-founder of Keyhole, increased the relevance of Google's geoindex by opening it to all developers. In an upcoming release this data will be available via Google's search APIs. We've been able to access their geoindex via search in Google Maps (it's the community data sets). Live Maps also exposes its geoindex to consumers.
The geoindex is growing. The image to the right shows all of the points in Google's version of the geoindex as of May, 2007 (image courtesy of Google). As of May 2008 there has been over 300% growth in places of annotations. It is mostly KML with some GeoRSS. This segment of the talk included a random Google fact. Did you know that 8 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute? I sure didn't. Wow. It was just over a year ago that Google released MyMaps, a platform for creating mashups and geodata on Google's platform. It was a move heralded by some as screwing Platial and other mashup sites. Instead I believe it is going to help them by creating more demand for geocontent and more methods for it to be shared (Radar post).
They've also added the ability to search the geoindex from Google Maps on Mobile (GMM in Googler parlance)
John Hanke invited Jack Dangermond on stage. Jack is the founder and CEO of ESRI; he is the godfather of GIS and by extension neogeography. Jack and John are the only people who have spoken at every Where 2.0. The upcoming release of ArcGIS Server 9.3, ESRI's flagship product, will now publish in KML and GeoRSS. Every install will be able to output to a streaming KML file. There's always been a dark web of geodata. Now this is being exposed and we can expect the geoindex to grow because of it. |
今天John Hanke——Director of Geo for Google并且是Keyhole创始人之一——通过向所有开发人员开放Google的geoindex增强了其检索能力。在随后的发布会上这些数据将通过Google搜索API可用。我们已经能够通过在Google Maps上搜索来访问geoindex了（社区数据集）。Live Maps也将它的geoindex提供给消费者。 geoindex在增长。右面这张图就是Google的geoindex截止到2007年5月份的所有点(承蒙Google)。到2008年5月则有超过300%的增长。主要是KML和一些GeoRSS。讲话中还包括了一些Google有趣的事情。你听说过每分钟就会有八小时的视频被传到Youtube上吗？我不知道。强。 距离Google发布MyMaps也就一年多，这是一个创建Mashup和地理数据的Google平台。是一个给Platial和其他Mashup网站施压的动作。我宁愿相信这将帮助他们产生更多对地理内容的需求以及更多分享数据的办法。（Radar Post） 他们还增加了从Google Maps for Mobile上搜索geoindex的功能。Platial也正在向移动平台发展（Radar post）。看这两个产品像在基于浏览器的产品上一样地平行发展会很有趣。 John Hanke邀请Jack Dangermond上台。Jack是ESRI的创建者和CEO。他是地理信息系统乃至地理学的教父。Jack和John是Where 2.0上硕果仅存的在历届会议上都发言的两个人。ESRI的旗舰产品ArcGIS Server 9.3即将发布，将使用KML和GeoRSS。系统将能够输出KML流文件。Web上一向缺乏地理数据，现在问题暴露了，我们希望geoindex能由此成长起来。 |
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