- From: Ryan Lee <ryanlee@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 12:26:08 -0400
- To: semantic-web@w3.org
Hi all, I've been playing a bit with Piggy Bank [1] since it could technically qualify as my day job (more bluntly: I'm part of the SIMILE team). The mapping feature inspired me to do some road trip planning, and I thought the process might be fun to share with the wider semantic web community. I took my OS X Address Book data and made it into FOAF, querying Google Maps for geo coordinates. I then used Piggy Bank's harvesting architecture to scrape Motel 6's site for their locations around the country, or enough of them for me to have a good idea of where I could stay each night in states in which I don't seem to know anybody. A little bit more on the experience, and the resulting map: http://ryanlee.org/journal/one?journal_id=3861 Now, if only I had a car... 1. http://simile.mit.edu/piggy-bank/ -- Ryan Lee ryanlee@w3.org W3C Research Engineer +1.617.253.5327 http://simile.mit.edu/
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