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What is KML?

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Eric Wallace
on April 10, 2007
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What is KML?

KML is a file format used to display geographic data in an earth browser, such as Google Earth, Google Maps, and Google Maps for mobile. A KML file is processed in much the same way that HTML (and XML) files are processed by web browsers. Like HTML, KML has a tag-based structure with names and attributes used for specific display purposes. Thus, Google Earth and Maps act as browsers for KML files.

You can use KML to:

  • Specify icons and labels to identify locations on the planet surface
  • Create different camera positions to define unique views for each of your features
  • Use image overlays attached to the ground or screen
  • Define styles to specify feature appearance
  • Write HTML descriptions of features, including hyperlinks and embedded images
  • Use folders for hierarchical grouping of features
  • Dynamically fetch and update KML files from remote or local network locations
  • Fetch KML data based on changes in the 3D viewer
  • Display COLLADA textured 3D objects

www is depreciated here

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Eric Wallace
on December 28, 2006
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I am trying to clean up my duplicate WordPress content here at ecrosstexas.com.

Today I updated my .htacess file to redirect www.ecrosstexas.com to ecrosstexas.com as WWW is deprectiated. I have been using just ecrosstexas.com for some time now as my preferred URL. Of course, I could have used this plugin instead of hacking my .htacess file. A word of caution Cool URIs don’t change.

In order to answer this question, we must first recall the definition of WWW:

World Wide Web:
n. Abbr. WWW
1) The complete set of documents residing on all Internet servers that use the HTTP protocol, accessible to users via a simple point-and-click system.
2) n : a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol.

Last week I updated my template’s header.php robots meta tag. Now <meta name="robots" content="index,follow" /> is only in the <head> of my main blog page, individual entries, and pages. My archives (monthly, categories, etc) all get <meta name="robots" content="noindex,follow" />. Details can be found in How to Make a WordPress Blog Duplicate Content Safe.

2006 Google Zeitgeist

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Eric Wallace
on December 18, 2006
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Google has announced their year-end zeitgeist data. Interesting data here.

Google.com - Top Searches in 2006
1. bebo
2. myspace
3. world cup
4. metacafe
5. radioblog
6. wikipedia
7. video
8. rebelde
9. mininova
10. wiki

Kind of sad looking at current events. Darfur comes in at #4 on the where is list. Only one political scandal on the scandals list (Foley).

Links for November 27

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Eric Wallace
on November 27, 2006
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Googling Eric Wallace

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Eric Wallace
on February 20, 2006
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Ever Google yourself? You probably should to see what is out there. As of today (February 20, 2006), the listing for the texas blog is 6th under “eric wallace“.

ericwallace.org is no where to be found, so I need to work on that!