Alexandre Passant

I really think that the Semantic Web, and especially FOAF and SIOC can be an answer to the social graph and distributed social networks, as explained (and drawn) there: do not rely on proprietary APIs, but provide data in a way that can be universally linked and understood by software agents.

Ther

As GoogleMaps now offers geocoding services (which works really fine for European streets !), you can use it in any web application to get coordinates from a given address. The services use REST to send queries, and you can get results in XML or JSON.

I've just discovered - via dowhatimean.net - that Google Maps now displays European street names!

If you plan to use FOAFMap, you certainly would like to add your coordinates to your FOAF file.

Richard Cyganiak created a nice script that gives you the code to add on your profile with a single-click on a Google Map. Well done !