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Balloon Browser

Recognize and highlight geo-coordinates in web pages.

Balloon BrowserOverview

Recognizes and highlights geo-coordinates in web pages. Hovering over a recognized location advises another application to show a map of the corresponding area. For now the only program Balloow Browser can interact with is Google Earth.

Instead of waiting for the one true geo-notation and markup standard, Balloon Browser tries to parse a variety of common coordinate notations. Ambiguous information like a missing hemisphere identifier are reconciled by looking at the context or the probability of a certain location.

Thanks to the GPS system and low-cost devices that can be used by everybody, the number of websites tagging their content with geo-coordinates (using latitude and longitude) is increasing rapidly.

If you know great web sites not mentioned here that can already be used or should be supported in Balloon Browser please let me know.

Suggestions about other programs beside Google Earth that should be supported are also welcome.

NEW

Fixed some bugs.

Balloon BrowserInformation

Version
0.4.2
Date
10.15.08
License
Free
Language
English
File Size
5.54MB
SubCategory
Operating Systems
Windows Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, 98, Me, NT
System Requirements
No additional system requirements.
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