Comments on: Google Book Search in action: ‘Happy accidents’ http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/08/23/google-book-search-in-action/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:57:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Tamas Simon http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/08/23/google-book-search-in-action/#comment-504571 Tamas Simon Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:36:14 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=7001#comment-504571 re: geo-search I think first they added a map to the book search so that you could see the places mentioned in a book plotted on the map. The new feature is sort of turning this upside down: show me the books that mention this place. It's a new view on the same data. I think it only makes sense if you are searching for mentions of a very specific place, such as a village... re: geo-search
I think first they added a map to the book search so that you could see the places mentioned in a book plotted on the map.

The new feature is sort of turning this upside down: show me the books that mention this place.

It’s a new view on the same data.

I think it only makes sense if you are searching for mentions of a very specific place, such as a village…

]]> By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/08/23/google-book-search-in-action/#comment-504417 David Rothman Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:44:03 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=7001#comment-504417 Hey, Tamas, we had the <a href="http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6309"" rel="nofollow">geo-search item</a> some months ago. But thanks for the update--Google has added new wrinkles. As for indexing, some would agree with you and some wouldn't. Remember, indexers index concepts, not just keyword equivalents. Thanks. David Hey, Tamas, we had the geo-search item some months ago. But thanks for the update–Google has added new wrinkles. As for indexing, some would agree with you and some wouldn’t. Remember, indexers index concepts, not just keyword equivalents. Thanks. David

]]> By: Tamas Simon http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/08/23/google-book-search-in-action/#comment-504413 Tamas Simon Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:38:57 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=7001#comment-504413 They make a valid point about indexing. Creating a book index manually just cannot compete with the full text search provided by a computer. A related note: <a href="http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2007/08/google-book-search-in-google-earth.html" rel="nofollow">recently Google Earth received a Google book Search layer</a> that lets you find books that mention a place. They make a valid point about indexing.
Creating a book index manually just cannot compete with the full text search provided by a computer.

A related note:
recently Google Earth received a Google book Search layer that lets you find books that mention a place.

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