[uf-discuss] Microformats in Google Maps

[Alex Faaborg]

> that's a cool idea. let me ask around to see what people think would
> be the best way to do this.

If you are interested in experimenting with some of these ideas,  
Mozilla Labs would be happy to coordinate with you to create a  
prototype.

-Alex


On Aug 1, 2007, at 3:36 PM, Gregor J. Rothfuss wrote:

> Alex Faaborg wrote:
>
>> This is great, I'm really glad to see Google using microformats.
>
> suggestions are always welcome. i do believe kevin is working on some
> more in other areas :)
>
>> Quick question about handing microformatted content back to Google
>> Maps (using Operator, Firefox 3, etc): does your API support
>> currently sending multiple items, and adding them to a particular map
>> listed in My Maps?
>>
>> For instance, this would enable the user to select multiple hCards on
>> a Web site and send them all to one of their maps.  Or, to give a
>> more advanced use case: a Web browser could automatically send all
>> encountered hCards, adrs and geos to a map called "Web History."  The
>> user could then turn this map on to view all of the pieces of
>> information they recently encountered online geographically.  This
>> could be useful when planning a vacation, searching for real estate
>> across multiple Web sites, etc.
>>
>> -Alex
>
> that's a cool idea. let me ask around to see what people think would
> be the best way to do this.
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