Comments on: Content on Google somehere, somehow?

By: A la veille du Google Developper Day…

A la veille du Google Developper Day… — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:45:38 +0000

[...] Google indexe les données géographiques (type kml) présentes sur votre site via nearby.org.uk par le célèbre Barry [...]

By: Barry

Barry — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:21:08 +0000

@Mike

To clarify I meant more than the normal search index (not the normal geoindex) – just in case that wasnt clear.

By metadata – I mean geographical coordinates estentically – but also maybe some metadata to ‘group’ locations that are likly the same. the main search index probably contains such things but is unlikly to be optimised for geographical searching – its just too big and wasteful. So in addition to the main search index, universal search will also search a number of other indexes (eg the uni-geoindex, uni-videos etc… ).

As a bit of useless information it looks like the ‘geoindex’ that gmaps uses is powered by the same technology as base – which allows geographic searching now – I would love to try out base as a generic ‘database in the cloud’ (I dont mind if the content is indexed in google search) – via its a API – but still unsure of its ToU…

By: Mike Blumenthal

Mike Blumenthal — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:48:51 +0000

Barry

>I think there must be a seperate (maybe cut down?) geoindex that powers
>Universal search, it contains more metadata than the standard index, and so
> possibly doesnt actully exist in the same database.

Why do you think that the universal search geoindex contains more metadata than the standard index? What type of metadata?

Mike

By: Beaker

Beaker — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:35:24 +0000

Thanks for this!
For someone like me, just starting out, it’s great to have a better understanding of how content moves through the system.
This really helped me piece together all the stray bits of information and get a clear and comprehensive overview.
Great work.

By: Barry

Barry — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:16:52 +0000

3D warehouse is also missing, drat!

By: Barry

Barry — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:10:18 +0000

@Mano

I tried to concentrate on ‘your’ KML visible on Googles ‘properties’ – but I suppose the APIs could be considered ‘mini’ properties on yuor own site – and yes both can consume the KML almost directly.

@Frank

Again I tried to concentrate on ways of getting content into ‘indexes’, those methods need instegating by a user to view in a property.
Not sure what you mean by N-L’s but I suspect it coverred by the last answer [but then again a NL pointing to content somewhere on a Google Property - can be indexed by the GeoIndex - and hence more discoverable - enter gokml.net ]

By: Frank Taylor

Frank Taylor — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:19:42 +0000

Also, what about the network link?

By: Frank Taylor

Frank Taylor — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:18:59 +0000

Seems like there are some missing connections. For example, web sites can have links to KML which go to Google Maps. And Google Maps can have links that open in Google Earth (using the URL output=kml trick, the My Maps, or through mashups).

By: Mano Marks

Mano Marks — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:02:01 +0000

Barry, awesome as always. I’d love to see added Earth and Maps API to the Your Website bar.

By: masterix

masterix — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:47:21 +0000

This graph is very interesting, thanks for this. I didn’t know that user generated content could be visible in GE through GeoIndex, I knew only about GM. So thanks one more time!