MetaCarta has launched GeoSearch News, a Google Maps mashup which serves as a geographic news search engine that displays current news from over 1,400 global news sources on a map. GeoSearch News provides news searches one single destination where users can learn what is happening now anywhere around the world.
- GeoSearch News lets users specify their place-of-interest by entering a place name in a text box or panning/zooming a map to a desired place or region.
- Users can refine their search by simply repositioning the map.
- Search results are presented in order of relevance as determined by a combination of keyword(s) and the specified geography.
“GeoSearch News is an entirely new way for people to find news on the web,” said Rick Hutton, Vice President of Content Services at MetaCarta. “It combines the unique power of geographic search with keyword search and is the single place to find current news stories, from a wide variety of sources, about any place, quickly.”
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