Comments on: MetaCarta: Mapping the news

New Web site mixes local news items with a map for geographic-based search.

[CharlesRovira]

One effective way to teach geograpy

I like the fact that it can extract place names from an article, look for them in Google earth and show you where this is.

I don't claim to be in the least impressed about its search capabilities though.

[mdwychoff]

Nintendo Wii already links news stories to geographic location

If you have a live internet connection, the Nintendo Wii game
console already has this function. Wii News automatically links
Associated Press news stories to a world globe. Among other
options, you can view stories by general category such as Sports,
Technology, Medicine, and view the globe, and zoom in or out to
view stories by location.

[PeterBarnes]

The cool thing about Metacarta is that their technology will differentiate between the many Paris' on the planet by looking at the context of the reference - that's a hugely important capability when you're talking geoparsing! Otherwise I'll find my news article associated with Paris Hilton when I wanted the location of the Eiffel Tower.