- From: Stefano Mazzocchi <stefanom@mit.edu>
- Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 13:30:57 -0400
- To: semantic-web@w3.org
Ryan Lee wrote: > > 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... Scrape dealers!! ;-) -- Stefano Mazzocchi Research Scientist Digital Libraries Research Group Massachusetts Institute of Technology location: E25-131C 77 Massachusetts Ave telephone: +1 (617) 253-1096 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 email: stefanom at mit . edu -------------------------------------------------------------------
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