Google Latitude RSS feed
Google Latitude now offers a very basic API, just a KML and a JSON feed. I needed for my SweetCron page a RSS feed from latitude, so I created one in Yahoo Pipe.
To use it, just go to my Yahoo Pipe fill in your latitude uid and map size for your static map image and get your RSS feed. Please let me know how you implement this feed.
This is quite an awesome script! I've wanted an RSS location feed for a while.
Now, extracting my coordinates from this is not as simple as it could be. I have to parse out lat/lon from the IMG tag.
I don't know Yahoo Pipes well enough to know how to actually generate an RSS file with LATLON as one of the properties. Until then, I'll just have to substring in my app.
I'm looking at using Latitude as a way to have your location tracked by a server, and then have the server tell you via txt message when you're close to a place you "bookmarked". Later versions will let you set the location from a mobile device, rather than just from a website.
Calciphus
13 Jun 09 at 12:05 am
Thanks… I need it for my Sweetcron too!
netspencer
24 Jul 09 at 12:16 am
Heyy Calciphus , its very easy to parse lat/lon using
your Google Latitude User ID . Heres the link http://googlelatiude.blogspot.com/2011/03/google-latitude-mashup-with-google-maps.html
that will help you in creating location tracking on theserver
Vinay
16 Apr 11 at 3:16 pm