Class TimeMap.loaders.georss

Extends:: TimeMap.loaders.xml
Requires:: loaders/xml.js; param.js
Defined in:: georss.js
See:: GeoRSS Example

GeoRSS loader: Load GeoRSS feeds.

Parsing is complicated by the diversity of GeoRSS formats; this parser handles:

RSS feeds
Atom feeds

and looks for geographic information in the following formats:

GeoRSS-Simple
GML
W3C Geo

At the moment, this only supports points, polygons, polylines; boxes may be added at some later point.


TimeMap.init({
    datasets: [
        {
            title: "GeoRSS Dataset",
            type: "georss", // Data to be loaded in GeoRSS
            options: {
                url: "mydata.rss" // GeoRSS file to load - must be a local URL
            }
        }
    ],
    // etc...
});

Constructor

TimeMap.loaders.georss(options)

Static Methods

	Method
	TimeMap.loaders.georss.parse(rss) Static function to parse GeoRSS

Fields

	Field
	extraParams :{TimeMap.params.OptionParam[]} Additional parameters to load
	scrollTo :{String\|Date} Date to scroll the timeline to on load
	url :{String} URL to load

Methods

	Method
	getCallback(dataset, callback) Get a callback function that can be cancelled.
	getCallbackName(dataset, callback) Get the name of a callback function that can be cancelled.
	load(dataset, callback) Load function for remote files.
	parse(rss) Static function to parse GeoRSS
	parseExtra(config, node) Parse any extra tags that have been specified into the config object
	preload() Function to call on data object before loading
	transform() Function to call on a single item data object before loading

Class Detail

TimeMap.loaders.georss(options)

Parameters (optional)
options	{Object}	All options for the loader:
options.url	{String}	URL of GeoRSS file to load (NB: must be local address)
options[...]	{mixed}	Other options (see TimeMap.loaders.xml)

Static Method Details

TimeMap.loaders.georss.parse(rss) :{TimeMapItem[]}

Static function to parse GeoRSS

Parameters (optional)
rss	{String}	GeoRSS string to be parsed

Returns:: {TimeMapItem[]} Array of TimeMapItems

Method Details

parse(rss) :{TimeMapItem[]}