For those that don't already know Google have finally added the UK to their geocoding service. I don't know what has changed as far as the Post Office is concerned but this is good news for all UK developers using Google Maps API.Read More »
Do you use an RSS reader and wish you could just be emailed when new items are added? This is what drove me to write my own RSS email alerting system. Anyone can subscribe to any RSS feed via Online Archaeology and receive emails when the RSS is updated.Read More »
I've been working with Ben from the Nabonidus team to get some of their data on the Online Archaeology Map. Ben wrote a GeoRSS feed that contains the latitude and longitude of all archaeology sites held in the Nabonidus system.Read More »
I've added a Wikipedia article layer to the map. It loads a limited number of points within the current viewport and reloads when you zoom in or move the map. Read More »
Now that Oxford Archaeology have opened up a WMS as well as a WFS I thought I'd have a go at trying to get the data onto a Google Maps page.Read More »
A new newsletter about the Online Archaeology Map has been sent to all subscribers.Read More »
Got something to say about archaeology? You can blog about it in your own blog on Online Archaeology.Read More »
Today I added the feed from Google Maps Mania to the RSS aggregator.Read More »
You can see an aggregated version of the latest items from a large list of blogs and feeds here: http://www.online-archaeology.co.uk/ArchaeologyNews/RSSAggregator/tabid/103/Default.aspxRead More »
The Google Maps API is missing one important element for the UK - the ability to type in an address and then find that address on the map. This is known as geocoding: turning an address into map co-ordinates. So until there is a reliable geocoder for the UK in the Google Maps API I had to turn elsewhere.Read More »