A way to stay on top of all sorts of 11870.com activity and updates, without having to visit the page every day, is subscribing to RSS feeds. To get started with this you need to know what type of information you want to subscribe to: the latest activity for a user in particular, new reviews on a service, recent additions to a city, tags…

When you’re at the page with this information you’ll see an icon and a link. Clicking on this link will take you to a simple page where all you have to do is click on your feed reader of choice (Netvibes, Google Reader, etc). Easy!

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If you feel like saving 11870.com services here’s how to do it:  go to it’s 11870.com page and click on where it says “enlarge map”. This will take you to another page: on the left hand side of the enlarged map you’ll see the option you want, “send to a GPS” device.

Remember, your GPS device must be connected to the computer.

To make it so that what you add to your 11870.com page appears on your blog too, we recommend that you use this script we’ve developed. It’s as easy as cutting and pasting the code into blog or website. Just change the user name in the example (calavera) for your own.

<script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://11870.com/feeds/js/calavera”>
</script>

If you feel like a bit of experimenting try including the parameters “title” or “size” or using another section of 11870.com that is available through feeds, like latest places added in a city, your contacts’ activity, a certain tag, a neighborhood… just take the direction of the feed and add the “/js” to the address like you saw in the example above.

For examples of bloggers (in Spanish) that are using this feature see Calavera, DeCa or Amodaga.

Google Earth is an application that allows you to visualize a lot of geographic information, from topography to aerial views. To use it, you must have the application installed in your computer. Once you do, all you need to do to see an 11870.com place on Google Earth is click on the blue icon you find on pages with information that can be visualized through this application:

• Places and services saved on 11870.com can me marked on Google Earth as a complement to the map provided on the site.

• You can also see all your saved places and services, or those that have been saved by other users of 11870.com. For this, you should follow the link at the bottom of the page.

• You can also see 11870.com saved places and services worldwide.

While on 11870.com, you can automatically add 11870.com to your list of search engines in Firefox or Internet Explorer.

This do this, click on the magnifying glass icon in your browser while visiting the page. That way you won’t have to be browsing the page to search for something on it, you can just enter your query regardless of the site you’re on at the moment.

OpenID is a decentralized identity service that allows you to log in to any supporting website using a single identity.

OpenID is a completely free and nonproprietary technology. If you don’t have one, there are many free providers on the Internet, a few of them are listed on the official OpenID site.

At 11870.com we’ve developed an API (Application Programming Interface). An API is an array of resources for anyone who wishes to read or add 11870.com’s content to their site or create their own programs and interfaces that interact with us.

If you’re a developer, everything you need to know to get started is available here:

• http://11870.com/api
• http://groups.google.com/group/api-11870/web/11870-coms-api

Projects such as nvivo, gotube, unvlog or even our own iGoogle gadget employ the API. If you decide to use it, don’t hesitate to send us any questions you might have. In any case, don’t forget to write us and tell us about your project!