Krista Bacungan

Search’M – Search and Map

Search’M
 is
 a
 news
 search
 engine
 for
 this
 globalized
 age. 
Events 
and 
issues 
that 
are
 happening
 across
 the
 world 
are
 just 
as 
vital
 to 
us 
as 
the
 news
 that 
is 
happening
 in 
our
 backyards.
 Realizing
 and
 understanding
 the 
relationships
 between 
events 
and
 issues
 that
 are
 happening 
around 
the
 globe
 is 
necessary 
in
 understanding 
the
 world
 we
 are
 living
 in. 

Search’M
 is
 an
 application
that
 allows
 users 
to
 search 
and
 view
 news
 that
 is
 important 
to 
them.
 The
 search 
results
 can be
 viewed
 in
 different
 representations, 
allowing
 users
 to
 see
 how the news
 they
 are
 interested
 in 
has
 affected 
the 
rest 
of 
the 
world.

In
 order 
to 
search, 
users 
much 
specify 
the 
RSS 
feed 
URLs
 that 
they 
want 
to 
follow.
 Search’M
 automatically
 determines 
specific 
information 
for 
each
 article
 in 
each 
RSS
 feed
 as 
well 
as 
geotag 
the
 articles.
 The 
user 
can 
then 
search 
by 
certain 
filters
(keywords,
locations,
dates)
 and view 
the 
results
 in 
a 
search 
result 
list 
or 
in 
Google
Earth. 
Viewing 
in 
Google 
Earth 
displays 
those 
news
results 
on 
a
 globe 
in
 their 
respected 
geotagged 
locations.
 This 
presents 
the
 user 
with
 ways to 
explore 
and
 determine
 the 
relationships 
between
 the 
news 
articles.

Users
 can
fully 
personalize
 which
 news
 is 
important 
to
 them
 through
 choosing
 RSS
 feeds
 from many
 different 
news 
sources.
 Being 
able
 to
 determine 
how
 they
 want
 t o
search
 for 
their 
news, choose
which
 way
 to 
want
 to
 view
 their 
results,
as
 well
 as
 decide 
how
 they 
want
 to
 see 
the
 relationships 
between
 articles
 are 
other 
customization 
options 
available. 
Search’M
 gives
 the 
user
 both 
a purely 
personalized 
user
 experience
 as
 well
 as 
a 
globalized
 way
 of
 viewing
 their
 news.