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Revision as of 12:52, 21 June 2011 editTagishsimon (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, IP block exemptions, Pending changes reviewers81,201 edits Find coordinates for: Add Anome's current special-interest lists← Previous edit Revision as of 13:53, 23 August 2011 edit undoDispenser (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers33,005 edits Changes to the database have broken the globe extremities test. Added new tests to the report to compensateNext edit →
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See also: Misplaced Pages:Obtaining geographic coordinates

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Fix

User reported errors:

Pages requiring geodata verificationno pages or subcategories Talk pages requiring geodata verificationno pages or subcategories

Formatting errors:

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

More

  • Make better examples, also showing use of decimals and scale.
  • Create an export to OpenStreetmap of all points in the database
  • 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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