diff --git a/examples/georss.html b/examples/georss.html
index 496046d239..483fc16512 100644
--- a/examples/georss.html
+++ b/examples/georss.html
@@ -14,13 +14,14 @@
         var map, layer;
 
         function init(){
+            OpenLayers.ProxyHost = '/proxy/';
             map = new OpenLayers.Map('map', {maxResolution:'auto'});
             layer = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS( "OpenLayers WMS", 
                 "http://labs.metacarta.com/wms/vmap0", {layers: 'basic'} );
                 
             map.addLayer(layer);
 
-            var newl = new OpenLayers.Layer.GeoRSS( "text", "./georss.xml" );
+            var newl = new OpenLayers.Layer.GeoRSS( "text", "http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/catalogs/eqs7day-M2.5.xml" );
             map.addLayer(newl);
 
             map.setCenter(new OpenLayers.LonLat(0, 0), 0);
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/GeoRSS.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/GeoRSS.js
index 8a93e60e62..09a90caf68 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/GeoRSS.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/GeoRSS.js
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.GeoRSS.prototype =
         OpenLayers.Layer.Markers.prototype.initialize.apply(this, [name]);
         this.location = location;
         this.features = new Array();
-        new Ajax.Request(location, 
-          { method: 'get', onComplete:this.parseData.bind(this) } );
+        OpenLayers.loadURL(location, null, this, this.parseData);
     },
 
     /**
@@ -59,18 +58,25 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.GeoRSS.prototype =
         if (!doc || ajaxRequest.fileType!="XML") {
             doc = OpenLayers.parseXMLString(ajaxRequest.responseText);
         }
-        var pointlist = doc.getElementsByTagName('point');
-        for (var i = 0; i < pointlist.length; i++) {
+        var itemlist = doc.getElementsByTagName('item');
+        for (var i = 0; i < itemlist.length; i++) {
             var data = {};
-            var location = pointlist[i].firstChild.nodeValue.split(" ");
-            if (location.length != 2) 
+            var point = OpenLayers.Util.getNodes(itemlist[i], 'georss:point');
+            var lat = OpenLayers.Util.getNodes(itemlist[i], 'geo:lat');
+            var lon = OpenLayers.Util.getNodes(itemlist[i], 'geo:long');
+            if (point.length > 0) {
+                var location = point[0].firstChild.nodeValue.split(" ");
+            } else if (lat.length > 0 && lon.length > 0) {
+                var location = [parseFloat(lat[0].firstChild.nodeValue), parseFloat(lon[0].firstChild.nodeValue)];
+            } else {
                 continue;
+            }
             location = new OpenLayers.LonLat(parseFloat(location[1]), parseFloat(location[0]));
-            var title = OpenLayers.Util.getNodes(pointlist[i].parentNode, "title")[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
-            var description = OpenLayers.Util.getNodes(pointlist[i].parentNode, "description")[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
-            try { var link = OpenLayers.Util.getNodes(pointlist[i].parentNode, "link")[0].firstChild.nodeValue; } catch (e) { } 
+            var title = OpenLayers.Util.getNodes(itemlist[i], "title")[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
+            var description = OpenLayers.Util.getNodes(itemlist[i], "description")[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
+            try { var link = OpenLayers.Util.getNodes(itemlist[i], "link")[0].firstChild.nodeValue; } catch (e) { } 
             data.icon = OpenLayers.Marker.defaultIcon();
-            data.popupSize = new OpenLayers.Size(250, 200);
+            data.popupSize = new OpenLayers.Size(250, 100);
             if ((title != null) && (description != null)) {
                 contentHTML = "<br />";
                 contentHTML += "<div style='margin: -0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em'>"