MetaCarta, Inc today announced support for KML (Keyhole Markup Language) for their MetaCarta Geographic Text Search (GTS) and MetaCarta geOdrive content.
KML is a file format used to display geographic data and imagery in a browser or user interface, such as Google Earth, ArcGIS Explorer and NASA World Wind.
A KML file is processed in much the same way that HTML (and XML) files are processed by web browsers. Like HTML, KML has a tag-based structure with names and attributes used for specific display purposes.
MetaCarta Geographic Text Search (GTS) automatically identifies geographic references using advanced natural language processing (NLP) in unstructured content found in RSS news feeds, Microsoft Office files, Adobe PDF, web sites (HTML) and text files.
GTS assigns a latitude and longitude to these references so that users can visualize patterns on a map. This helps companies and government organizations to “connect-the-dots” visually.
