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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.


Artilces are also listed on WolterBot's ] (]) Articles are also listed on WolterBot's ] (])


See also: ] See also: ]
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===Fix === ===Fix ===
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Fix coordinates possibly pointing to the wrong location:
User reported errors:
*'''{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Talk pages requiring geodata verification}}''' pages in ] (notes on talk page reporting inaccurate coordinates).
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⚫ * among the '''{{PAGESINCATEGORY:ParserFunction errors}}''' pages in ]
⚫ *'''{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Coordinates templates needing maintenance}}''' pages in ]
* Replace links in articles to: ], ] (spammy), ], Microsoft (], ], ], ], <s>]</s>, <s>]</s>, <s>]</s>, ], <s>]</s>, <s>]</s>, <s>]</s>), ], <s>]</s>, ] ], and ] (], ], ], ], ])
⚫ *'''{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Coord template needing repair}}''' pages in ]
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*Check for errors with ]
⚫ *Check coord templates among the '''{{PAGESINCATEGORY:ParserFunction errors}}''' pages in ]
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*Coordinates out of range: , ; , (''Note'': coordinates for other planets may be outside that range).
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*Irreguarly updated lists:
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===More=== ===More===
* 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.
⚫ * Add an attribute for <del>other planets and the moon and probably also</del> star maps.
* Create an export to OpenStreetmap of all points in the database.
--] (]) 11:46, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
⚫ * Add an attribute for <strike>other planets and the moon and probably also</strike> 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.
* Rewrite the article ] linked from many coordinates. Related articles: ], ]. * Rewrite the article ] linked from many coordinates. Related articles: ], ].
* Convert existing data to templates * Convert existing data to templates
⚫ **Identify special formats not yet converted, e.g. E12 23 54 N23 34 52
** Stray instances of: , , , etc. (Careful! Bots generally skip broken coordinates).
⚫ *Clean up / reduce redundancy in U.S. city articles (rambot/smackbot generated), see ]
⚫ ** 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 ]
*Suggestions for extensions at ] *Suggestions for extensions at ]
*Discuss, summarise and specify a set of changes to geohack, such as type list revision, support for linear features, bug fixes, &c *Discuss, summarise and specify a set of changes to geohack, such as type list revision, support for linear features, bug fixes, &c

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 27, 2024 08:55 (UTC) Refresh
User reported errors:

Articles requiring geodata verificationno pages or subcategories
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 Pages requiring geodata verificationno pages or subcategories
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 Talk pages requiring geodata verificationno pages or subcategories
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Formatting errors:

Coordinates templates needing maintenanceno pages or subcategories
0 pages
 Coord template needing repairno 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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