XML/KML

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[edit] Definition

KML is a type of XML, and stands for keyhole markup language. Think of it as using XML to peer through a keyhole to other parts of the world. :)

[edit] Website Usage

Using PHP and MySQL to create KML

Adding Metadata to Your KML Files by Mano Marks

Validate your KML Online or Offline by using FeedValidator.org

[edit] Google

Google Code Home Knowledge Base Home Enhance Your Web Site Maps API Articles & Tutorials
Creating KML From a Spreadsheet
- Sign up for an Google Maps API code for your domain (one per domain)
- Main blog ( Feed)

[edit] Yahoo!

Yahoo!: Pipes Adds Interactive Yahoo! Maps, KML Support (and More)
- Example Pipes that Use the New Geo Features

Yahoo! Application Gallery: Maps: Widgets, code, and content creation engines that is ready either to be added to your site, or inspire your own work.
- Created something? Feel free to submit it!

developer.yahoo/maps: There are three kinds of Map APIs:

[edit] Flickr

Flickr now offers KML feeds for photostreams, groups, etc.—almost anywhere they already offer an RSS or Atom feed:

Link code example, using my KML feed for my photostream (--Carla 15:43, 30 August 2007 (EDT)):

http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/geo/?id=96437739@N00&lang=en-us&format=kml_nl

The id=96437739@N00 section calls my photostream; that's my internal machine ID in Flickr's system, rather than hauntedpalace (my stream's URI) or Carla216 (my Flickr nickname). You can snag anyone's Flickr ID at idgettr.com.
The &lang=en-us can be changed to one of the country codes defined by the ISO, the IETF, or Infoterm country codes that Flickr supports:

Flags				Language				Flickr KML replacement call
				Chinese Traditional/				zh-hk
				German/Deutsch				de-de
				Spanish/Español				es-us
				French/Français				fr-fr
				Korean/				ko-kr
				Italian/Italiano				it-it
				Brazilian Portuguese/Português				pt-br

Note the specific dialectic areas--not all German dialects are included, just Deutsch spoken in Deutschland, for example. Want more translations (as you should!)? Contact Flickr!
If they do add more languages to their site, and therefore feeds, and I miss the update somehow, please either let me know so I can update this chart, or please feel free to update it yourself. (I'm working on making every single nation's flag available for wiki users, so just take a look for the relevant one.) --Carla 17:20, 31 August 2007 (EDT)

W3C: International/articles/language-tags

[edit] Platial

Platial: Best Practices for Emitting KML and Giving Props to the Geoweb's Authors: from the official Platial blog

Neogeography: gathering of links by Platial's creators; the Neogeography section of their blog
official Platial mailing list: GeoWanking :)

answers/KML	technorati/tag/KML; technorati/posts/tag/KML
ma.gnolia.com/tags/KML	del.icio.us/popular/KML
flickr/tags/KML: most interesting; tag clusters for KML; Flickr groups related to KML	Google/KML; GoogleBlogs search for KML; Google CodeSearch for KML
O'Reilly/KML
reddedit/KML	digg/KML
furl/KML	items tagged KML at SWIK
jaiku/KML	twitter/KML