After many requests I have finally managed to find a bit of time to port geoFlock over to a Firefox extension. To find out more about this sidebar extension, head over to firefox.spatialviews.com. The operator script talked about in my previous post is also compatible with this new extension.

Existing users of geoFlock will be able to install and use this extension alongside your current install as they share the same address list. It should be pointed out however, that the Firefox version does not have the photo and blog geotag dialogs; it is not recommened as a standalone install instead of geoFlock unless you do not geotag.

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If you use the Operator extension and geoFlock, then your in luck as I have just finished making an Operator user script. With this script, you can pass a microformat address or geo location straight to your address list.

Head to the bottom of the geoflock geodiscovery help page to go get it!

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Been away on holiday for a few days, but whilst away couldn’t resist a little tweak to geoFlock - users of the Flock Cormarant version will notice a new search box in the top left hand corner. This is Google’s Local Search: type in a search term, eg Pizza, and up to 8 results will be displayed on the map.

Google might well implement adverts into these search results so will re-assess the impact when this issue arises.

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Based on the excellent Screengrab by Andy Mutton, I have carried out a few tweaks and am releasing a new Flock extension called Screenshot (hmm nice name, how orginal).

The main difference between Screenshot and Screengrab is the ability to send your captures straight to the Flock photo uploader. I have also included capture window functionality, with a dynamic menu allowing you to select the window to capture. Please be sure to read the extensions feature page and the Java vs Canvas comparison page.

Most credit of course goes to Andy Mutton for developing Screengrab, and I also wish to thank Richard Phan for helping me out with a code snippet.

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Hi Folks. If there is any geoFlock users out there, I have added a few extras to the Cormarant version (no longer supporting the flock 0.7 version due to forthcoming Flock 0.9 release).

First up is traffic information. Open up the minimapper topbar and click on the small car button to toggle Google supplied traffic info. It looks like major USA cities only at present, but hopefully google will extend to more locations.

Next I have added limited support for kml files - if you see a kml file link on a webpage, drag and drop onto the minimapper topbar to view. This is just a simple implementation at present to get a quick look at the kml without loading up Google Earth; I personally do not want to go down the route of creating a 2D version of GE in geoflock.

UPDATE: Have noticed a bug with the following, will correct in next release by wednesday 20.00 GMT. Finally, the flickr geotag dialog now contains a new button: click on it and all your public geotagged photos from flickr will show on the dialog map - useful to see where you may have geotagged photos in the past.

Head over to flock.spatialviews.com and install geoflock 0.7.3 FOR FLOCK 0.8/0.9 ONLY.

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