[Geowanking] Geotagging websites with an area, rather than a point

[Josh@oklieb]

Bryce,

A standard which is simple, but extensible in the way you describe is  
being developed at http://www.georss.org hosted by EOGEO). We hope to  
flesh out the representation and its applications in the next couple  
of weeks.

Josh Lieberman

On Aug 9, 2005, at 2:33 PM, Bryce Nesbitt (mailing list account) wrote:

> Another question for the list;
>
>
> I run several websites that refer to specific places on the earth,  
> and I'd like to geotag them.  I'm aware of 6 options for doing so:
>
>  <meta name="ICBM” content="37.12312,-122.15455" />
>
>  <meta property="geo:lat">37.12312</meta>
>  <meta property="geo:long">-122.15455</meta>
>
>  <meta name="geo.position” content="37.12312;-122.15455">
>
>  <span style="display:none”
>  xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#">
>  <geo:lat>37.12312</geo:lat><geo:long>-122.15455</geo:long>
>  </span>
>
>  <P>XXX Street, City, State, ZIP</P>
> But my websites are poorly represented by a point.  They refer to  
> trails (line features), parks (polygons) or political areas  
> (counties).  What standards activity should I look into, regarding  
> tagging such features?  Is there a need for an extended specification?
>
>          Bryce Nesbitt
>
>
> NB: For the political subdivisions, I am aware of:
>    <meta name="geo.region” content="US-OR">
>    <meta name="geo.placename” content="Eugene">
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