Expose Geographical, Location Specific Information about Documents and List Items in SharePoint 2013

In the final section of his presentation at the SharePoint 2012 Conference, Asif Rehmani demonstrated how the new, out of the box field type for SharePoint 2013, “Geolocation” can be used to expose location information about documents in SharePoint 2013 Libraries, and items included in lists. Like any other field type, a SharePoint site column (not to mention a term set) called “Geolocation” can certainly be produced as a method of sorting specific locations for easy identification by users via SharePoint search. Each location will appear as a discrete term within the “Geolocation” term set. As well, each location will…
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