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* among the '''{{PAGESINCATEGORY:ParserFunction errors}}''' pages in ] * among the '''{{PAGESINCATEGORY:ParserFunction errors}}''' pages in ]
* in article namespace * in article namespace
* Stray instances of: , , (Careful! Bots generally skip broken coordinates).
* Replace links in articles to: ], ], and ] * Replace links in articles to: ], ], and ]


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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

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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