Blogger supports Geotagging blog posts

by Matt on Jan 8, 2009 in Blogging

blogger geotaggingGoogle recently announced that their Blogger platform now offers built-in geotagging of blog posts. As you’d expect, the feature lets bloggers indicate the location they’re writing about in a particular post.

This is something I’d love to see WordPress offer by default, too. I don’t know if any of the other blogging platforms offer built-in geotagging like this. (Anyone? Anyone?)

Last year, Rob O’Daniel explained on Problogger how to geotag your blog via meta tags in the header, but Blogger is offering geotagging at the post level. Yes, things like outside.in’s StoryMaps offer the same end result, and there are 3rd-party WordPress plugins for local bloggers, but I’m ready for a built-in geotagging tool right in the WordPress interface.

The instructions for Blogger’s tool look pretty simple:

Log into draft.blogger.com, open the post editor, and click the add location link below the main text field.

Use the location editor to search, drag, click and zoom on a map to choose and save a location. We’ll try to label the location you choose using our reverse geocoder, which looks up a name for a point on the map. You can also edit the location name by clicking the blue location name text below the search field.

And Blogger also added a widget that will show your local blog posts on a map, which is precisely what StoryMaps does.

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January 8, 2009 | Filed Under Blogging 

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4 Responses to “Blogger supports Geotagging blog posts”

  1. susan on January 8th, 2009 9:12 am

    I tried implementing geotagging when it was announced in December, but ran into problems. If you’ve made customizations to your template, the location tag may not appear at the end of your post.

    There may be a fix for this, but I haven’t gone back and tried again. I’m migrating to WordPress soon, so I’ll spend my time looking into geotagging plugins instead (thanks for that link, Matt!). :)

  2. Meanwhile, over at Hyperlocal Blogger… on January 8th, 2009 10:36 pm

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  3. Matt on January 8th, 2009 10:39 pm

    I was wondering if anyone had luck with that. I used to be on Blogger ages ago, and got frustrated with it. I think you’ll really like Wordpress, Susan. Let me know if you need help with anything.

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