Output=xml
By now most of you have heard about the Google mapping
application. Its pretty sweet, some excellent use of dhtml, and I love that you
can slide the map around, it must be nice to have millions to spend on some good
r & d.
What I think is the coolest thing about the maps, is
that you can append “output=xml” to any query and get the results in xml format.
Check it out, this is a query for hotels near Minneapolis
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=hotels%20near%20minneapolis&output=xml
I’m not sure what the licensing information is for this data, but that xml
feed could be so damn useful, wow!
Anonymous said,
Wrote on February 11, 2005 @ 12:35 pm
Its incredible. The way it utilizes blocks so it doesn’t need to re-retrieve pieces of the map as you scroll around is amazing. That XML is nice and simple too.
Anonymous said,
Wrote on February 15, 2005 @ 7:54 am
apparently they’ve shut it down
Anonymous said,
Wrote on February 15, 2005 @ 7:58 am
Yes, its true, Jon Udell first blogged about it here
http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/2005/02/11.html#a1175
Google has disabled the xml output for now, its a shame!