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Abstract
Copyright 2008, Yahoo! Inc.
The Yahoo! GeoPlanetTM Guide provides information to developers on how to use Yahoo! GeoPlanet to geo-enable their applications.
Yahoo! GeoPlanetTM is designed to bridge the gap between the Real and Virtual worlds by providing the Internet with an open, comprehensive, and intelligent infrastructure for geo-referencing data on Earth’s surface.
In practical terms, Yahoo! GeoPlanet is a resource for managing all geo-permanent named places on earth. It provides the Geographic Developer Community with the vocabulary and grammar to describe the world's geography in an unequivocal, permanent, and language-neutral manner, and is designed to facilitate spatial interoperability and geographic discovery. Developers looking to geo-enable their applications can use GeoPlanet to traverse the spatial hierarchy, identify the geography relevant to their users and their business, and in turn, unambiguously geotag, geotarget, and geolocate data across the Web.
Introduced as 'the Internet Location Platform' in beta in May 2008, we have taken the opportunity to rename the Platform as Yahoo! GeoPlanet during its formal launch to emphasize the international breadth and local depth of the places we make accessible. Current news from the Yahoo! Geo Technologies Team is available at http://www.ygeoblog.com; bugs, feedback, questions and comments can be posted at the GeoPlanet Forum.