PlanningAlerts.com gets geoRSS
Written on March 24, 2007
We now have an API on PlanningAlerts.com that churns out a geoRSS feed for a postcode or UK grid reference.
It’s nicely coincided with google maps supporting the format, so we can make cool things like this map of applications near the City of London.
That map is a nice example of PlannignAlerts has been worth the hassle, the map has data sourced from 4 different authorities (The Corporation of London, Camden, Tower Hamlets and Hackney). Data that is therefore normally split across 4 different websites.
The code for the site has also now moved to google code so anyone can grab the code and write a scraper for their local council.
Filed in: Civic Hacking, code.
You did it again! I love this!
Just as I was finishing the first sentence of your post I was thinking “oh! oh! I’ve got to tell him about the GeoRSS support in Google Maps API!!”… ah, but anyway. *blush*
You rock! Keep up the great work!!
Superb idea - thanks from helping to enable people to become more aware of what is happening in their communities!