From 0531523b372cc251a8391f5a12447d62f53916a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: luxagraf Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 08:45:11 -0400 Subject: initial commit --- .../Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Wed/gmicro.txt | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) create mode 100644 published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Wed/gmicro.txt (limited to 'published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Wed/gmicro.txt') diff --git a/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Wed/gmicro.txt b/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Wed/gmicro.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ad2094b --- /dev/null +++ b/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/07.30.07/Wed/gmicro.txt @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +One Giant Leap For Microformats + +The Google Maps team announced yesterday that the popular mapping service will [now support the hCard microformat][1] in search results. The hCard microformat is a way of encoding address information which makes it easier to export address/contact info into other applications. + +Now when you search for a business in Google Maps your browser can recognize the address and contact information in the page, and make it easy to transfer it to an address book or phone. + +For Firefox users there's a there are two add-on that offer microformats support, Operator or Tails. If you're an IE or Safari user, the microformats wiki has some bookmarklets that enable those browsers to grab and pass on hCard info or convert it to GMail address. + +Also, if you've got some form of Google Maps on your own site, you can do so by making a few slight changes to your HTML. For more info on microformats, [see our earlier tutorial][3] or head over to the [official site][4]. + +Google Maps may not be the first to embrace microformats, but it is definitely one of the largest services and should significantly increase the public's exposure to the usefulness of microformats. + +[1]: http://googlemapsapi.blogspot.com/2007/06/microformats-in-google-maps.html +[2]: http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard-authoring +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/01/tutorial_o_the__2.html +[4]: http://microformats.org/ \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2