Well I'm not sure, but the USGS does offer CAP feeds (or at least has a "subscribe using CAP" button here) http://geology.usgs.gov/index.htm. For example you can get to a sample CAP entry here using Firefox: http://earthquakes.usgs.gov/eqcenter/catalogs/cap/uu00013369 However right now I believe you could subscribe to the RSS feeds that they put out using a XMPP "bot" that will send you XMPP messages based on the RSS feed. No coding required, but you will need to find a XMPP bot that allows you to subscribe to RSS feeds.Someone could write a component to allow XMPP users to subscribe to CAP alerts by translating the CAP info into pubsub. It would make an excellent Google SoC project (hint, hint!)
> Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:51:30 -0400> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > jdev@jabber.org> Subject: Re: [jdev] resources available via XMPP...> > > Stephen Pendleton wrote:> > Jeff, so you know what is the status of OASIS and > the CAP protocol?> > Isn't that what the USGS and NWS uses? We have a XEP for > CAP alerts> > over XMPP: http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0127.html> > > Yeah, I'm familiar with that XEP. Alas, there's not a lot that reads> and > understands CAP, so while it would be cool to include a CAP stanza> in the > messages, in the meantime I think a more human readable version> needs to be > sent as well, and that means parsing and GIS work, which is> what is really > beyond my facilities (seriously folks, you *don't* want> me programming...the > results are not pretty ;)> > Also, FWIW, the USGS stuff is not available in > CAP...they use their own> "CUBE" (I think they call it) encoding of > information that is specific> to seismic activities (since depth below ground > is important in that> world and if I remember correctly, you can't do that in > CAP).> > Also, the NWS CAP stuff is only experimental, but its cool that > they're> heading in that direction, and I have encouraged them through > whatever> contacts I have on this initiative.> -- > Jeff McAdams> "They that > can give up essential liberty to obtain a> little temporary safety deserve > neither liberty nor safety."> -- Benjamin Franklin> _________________________________________________________________ Use video conversation to talk face-to-face with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_messenger_video_042008
