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== Help! ==
== KML for ] ==


I created KML data for this draft, ], in the References section, and converted it to GeoJSON, but upon loading, it just throws an error. How can I fix this? <span style="font-family:monospace; font-weight: bold"><span style="color:ForestGreen">]</span>: ] <span style="">$</span></span> 19:33, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
I cleaned up the topology of the NHPN data a bit and uploaded ] (). For several reasons I'm not linking to it in the article:

*I didn't do much geometry cleanup from the NHPN data, so some Interstates are horribly imprecise (e.g. I-72 west of Jacksonville, IL; I-795 in NC, I-10 at TX exit 294).
:Never mind, I figured it out. <span style="font-family:monospace; font-weight: bold"><span style="color:ForestGreen">]</span>: ] <span style="">$</span></span> 21:34, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
*There are no objective standards for which future Interstates (suffixed F) I included. I may have also gotten the status of a few recent additions wrong.
:Uploading GeoJSON to Misplaced Pages in raw form has been dying a slow death for years now- the preferred method these days is uploading to Commons under a Data:_____.map page and calling it using a ‘from’ parameter in the template <span style="background:#613314; padding:2px; font-family: 'Courier New'">''']]'''</span> 21:41, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
*Curves are a bit too simplified in areas (due to Misplaced Pages size constraints).
::The upside to putting the map data on Commons is that it's reusable on other editions of Misplaced Pages, or even the AARoads Wiki. ] and use the same map file on Commons, for instance. <span style="background:#006B54; padding:2px;">''']&nbsp;]'''</span> 21:55, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
*There's also a problem with , which doesn't affect display, but creates annoying effects when editing.
However, it is good enough for small-scale mapping (for which you'd probably want to filter out all future routes). --] 02:03, 15 July 2014 (UTC)

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Help!

I created KML data for this draft, Draft:Capitol Highway, in the References section, and converted it to GeoJSON, but upon loading, it just throws an error. How can I fix this? thetechie@enwiki: ~/talk/ $ 19:33, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Never mind, I figured it out. thetechie@enwiki: ~/talk/ $ 21:34, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
Uploading GeoJSON to Misplaced Pages in raw form has been dying a slow death for years now- the preferred method these days is uploading to Commons under a Data:_____.map page and calling it using a ‘from’ parameter in the template BMACS1002 21:41, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
The upside to putting the map data on Commons is that it's reusable on other editions of Misplaced Pages, or even the AARoads Wiki. M-6 (Michigan highway) and M-6 (Michigan) use the same map file on Commons, for instance. Imzadi 1979 → 21:55, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
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