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Use ]: verify and/or add coordinates to articles in categories likely to need coordinates. Use ]: verify and/or add coordinates to articles in categories likely to need coordinates.
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===More=== ===More===
* Provide advice on the use of {{tl|Attached KML}} on the ] page. * Provide advice on the use of {{tl|Attached KML}} on the ] page. KML means ], using XML
* Make better examples, also showing use of decimals and scale. * Make better examples, also showing use of decimals and scale.
* <s>Create an export to OpenStreetmap of all points in the database</s>
* Add an attribute for <del>other planets and the moon and probably also</del> star maps. * Add an attribute for <del>other planets and the moon and probably also</del> star maps.
* Extend NASA World Wind support to include layers (by type) and labels. * Extend NASA World Wind support to include layers (by type) and labels.

Latest revision as of 20:52, 18 April 2022


Find coordinates for

Use Maybe-Checker: verify and/or add coordinates to articles in categories likely to need coordinates.

Articles are also listed on WolterBot's cleanup listings (User:WolterBot/Cleanup statistics)

See also: Misplaced Pages:Obtaining geographic coordinates

Tag articles needing coordinates

{{coord missing|country name}} is added to articles needing coordinates. This makes them available for the previous step.

Fix

As of December 26, 2024 17:27 (UTC) Refresh
User reported errors:

Articles requiring geodata verificationno pages or subcategories
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Formatting errors:

Coordinates templates needing maintenanceno pages or subcategories
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More

  • Provide advice on the use of {{Attached KML}} on the WP:GEO page. KML means Keyhole Markup Language, using XML
  • Make better examples, also showing use of decimals and scale.
  • Add an attribute for other planets and the moon and probably also star maps.
  • Extend NASA World Wind support to include layers (by type) and labels.
  • Rewrite the article Geographic coordinate system linked from many coordinates. Related articles: latitude, longitude.
  • Convert existing data to templates
    • Identify special formats not yet converted, e.g. E12 23 54 N23 34 52
  • Clean up / reduce redundancy in U.S. city articles (rambot/smackbot generated), see past discussion
  • Suggestions for extensions at mw:Summer of Code 2009#MediaWiki core and new extensions
  • Discuss, summarise and specify a set of changes to geohack, such as type list revision, support for linear features, bug fixes, &c
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