Yep, that's what it stands for... more of a programmers joke than anything else, methinks. It is a standard "of sorts" for detailing lat/long, specifically for locating blog-sites whose authors are geographically nearby.
I'm sure it could be used for postage rates and other things, as you say, but people don't seem to be aware of it or bothering to use it. It's an interesting idea, even if existing technologies don't take advantage of it. And, of course, as an added bonus, it has a fun acronym ;) Joshua Street base10solutions Website: http://www.base10solutions.com/ Phone: (02) 9898-0060 Fax: (02) 8572-6021 Mobile: 0425 808 469 E-mails and any attachments sent from base10solutions are to be regarded as confidential. Please do not distribute or publish any of the contents of this e-mail without the senderâs consent. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to the e-mail, and then delete the message without making copies or using it in any way. Although base10solutions takes precautions to ensure that e-mail sent from our accounts are free of viruses, we encourage recipients to undertake their own virus scan on each e-mail before opening, as base10solutions accepts no responsibility for loss or damage caused by the contents of this e-mail. On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 14:04, Barry Beattie wrote: > <meta name="ICBM" content="LAT, LOG" /> > > this is going to sound even more OT but ... > ICBM: Inter-contental Balistic Missile, yes? > > or is it a standard of sorts for detailing lat/long? (I'm thinking of > uses for postage rates, distances, etc ...) > > just a thought... > cheers > barry.b > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Joshua Street > Sent: Friday, 27 August 2004 1:38 PM > To: Web Standards Group mailing list > Subject: [WSG] GeoURL/Seach engine localisation > > This is something which has been bugging me for a few days, so I'm > asking here... it's not standards as such, but it is accessibility > related to a vague extent ;) > > GeoURL is still not functioning (http://geourl.org), but the meta tags > which are used to specify location are as follows: > > <meta name="ICBM" content="LAT, LOG" /> > <meta name="DC.title" content="DESCRIPTION" /> > > I was wondering if search engines (Google, I'm looking at you) can/do > make use of this "ICBM" data for localisation? I know that it works on > IP blocks, and possibly other data, but why not this as well? Or do > search engines use this information already? > > And if so, why aren't more people using it to get targeted traffic? > > This is primarily a 'bloging thing, of course, but I see no reason why > it shouldn't be more widely applied. > > Just curious... I'm hoping this isn't too far off topic. > > Joshua Street > > base10solutions > > Website: > http://www.base10solutions.com/ > Phone: (02) 9898-0060 > Fax: (02) 8572-6021 > Mobile: 0425 808 469 > > E-mails and any attachments sent from base10solutions are to be regarded > as confidential. Please do not distribute or publish any of the contents > of this e-mail without the sender's consent. If you have received this > e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to the e-mail, and > then delete the message without making copies or using it in any way. > > Although base10solutions takes precautions to ensure that e-mail sent > from our accounts are free of viruses, we encourage recipients to > undertake their own virus scan on each e-mail before opening, as > base10solutions accepts no responsibility for loss or damage caused by > the contents of this e-mail. > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ > Web standards, accessibility, inspiration, knowledge > To be held in Sydney, September 30 and October 1, 2004 > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ > Web standards, accessibility, inspiration, knowledge > To be held in Sydney, September 30 and October 1, 2004 > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ Web standards, accessibility, inspiration, knowledge To be held in Sydney, September 30 and October 1, 2004 See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
