GEOTagging / GEOCoding

Hmm, a topic that has been in my mind for a while now. Its not that I have much to say about the topic its more the fact that I want more people to know about it. With technology moving the way it is, it is a good idea to keep on top of things. If restraints and shops started to geotag there locations on anything then they could find more business. GPS system would be able to find there locations on a database and direct customers to them. As travelling becomes more frequent and tourist have no idea what direction they are going in they are simple using what they have… Blackberry, computers and there car GPS systems. they can all search the web and other resources and find what is close by. Having your shop with its geotagged location could benefit you as this will help them on there why.

enough with the bable here are some helpful links:
http://www.geo-tag.de/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocoding
http://www.flickr.com/groups/geotagging/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geotagging
http://maps.google.com/
http://maps.yahoo.com/
http://geotags.com/

Also if you are usinga system like wordpress, then there are plugins you can get that will include the needed meta data for your page to be geotagged. I am using the All in One SEP Pack for wordpress which includes the feature for giving your page a geo.position. for more information about the html needed read geo-tag.de, it will generate the code needed to make your page geotagged.

I have added the meta data for this page to be located in Cape Town, South Africa

Comments are closed.