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New <location> element

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New <location> element

Postby chris.f.jay@gmail.com » Mon Jul 09, 2007 1:17 pm

I noticed the <time> element in HTML 5. Excellent idea!

What about adding a <location> element, to indicate geographical location?

There would be optional latitude, longitude, altitude, head, tilt and range attributes (following GeoBloggersconventions), in addition to text content.

For example,

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<p>We are meeting at <location>Canary Wharf</location>, <time>8 Aug, 5pm</time></p>.


or

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<location>Canary Wharf <img src="canarywharf.jpg"/></location>


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<p>Please send mail to <location>99 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 0XX</location>.</p>


It's basically a properly semantic version of geo-tagged microformats, and has similar uses - for example, it could enable pop-up online maps if you click on them. If both a location and a time are present, it could integrate with your calendar.

In addition, it would be great to enable <location> in forms, so the user has help (e.g. a map) to pick the appropriate place before submitting the form.

And it may help resolve some of the uncertainties surrounding <address>...

What do you think?
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Postby zcorpan » Wed May 27, 2009 5:56 pm

HTML5 now has "vevent" as microdata which can integrate with the calendar.
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