This post in a first in a series where we’ll feature exemplary GeoToolkit member sites.

One of the wonderful things about working on our GeoToolkit service is the daily report of signups.  It is exciting to see lots of wonderful new placeblogs joining every day, and I am pleasantly surprised at the volume of topic blogs, and even communities that are joining too.  Here are a few sites (in no particular order) and some of the great things they are doing:

Blogs that Don’t Consider Themselves Placeblogs (but oftentimes are)

• Tropic of Mom Life at Latitude 26, is a Coral Springs Gables based blog whose author writes about her local travels and observations.
• Mississippi River Valley Girl lives in St. Louis and  occasionally mentions places like the Stone Spiral Coffeehouse. You can find an excerpt of her post here, featured within the MapleWood, Missouri page on Outside.in.

Big Placeblogs

Both of these are  great examples of placeblogs devoted to the happenings and news around particular places:

• My Ballard and the growing empire of Seattle sites run by Cory and Kate Bergman.
• angelenic covering downtown LA.

Small Placeblogs

• On the Red Line is about life around the Grosvenor-Strathmore Metro Stop in North Bethesda Maryland (DC).
• Five Blocks is a hyperhyperlocal blog covering a very small area in San Clemente, CA.

Food Blogs

Food is another great way into place and two of the great food blogs that have joined are:

• common esculents, a food blog about everyday restaurants in Seattle. They use “where tags” to help us locate those restaurants.
• Fussy Eater is a food blog based in Boston.

Groups

• The Lintononian,  a ning community  about goings-on in Linton, Indiana, added their feed.

Look out for future “Member Roundup” posts in the weeks to come. Think your blog deserves a mention? Write to us in the comments section, and as always, thanks for supporting GeoToolkit!