Mapped Up

Watching the concurrence...

Mappedup.com is "an indespensable tool for the global newsjunkie". Have a look. it's quite interesting. it's based on RSS, and automated algorithm localizing the items.

It's not really only a website(although there is a full screen view, and personalizing tools online), it's actually "an application that tracks a large number of RSS news sources and displays their latest items on a world map, geographically and in real-time." When you want to download it, the application is whether a screen saver or an "active desktop" (something to put as a wallpaper, in the background of windows)

First time i tried, I couldn't actually sign up. this time, it worked.

one thing i don't like is the map, it's not very precise. The good thing is you can add the RSS feeds you want. that's actually something very difficult to do.

MappyNews is focused on "mappable" news. Many things that mappedup maps are not interesting to see on a map. and the automated localisation is not reliable at all.