Template talk:GeoTemplate/Archive 1

message: I'm a little skittish about editing something in someone else's user space, but I have added links to Google hybrid and satellite maps. I did this because on some coordinates I've added (e.g., those for Estadio Augusto César Sandino and Estadio Cristóbal Labra), which are in Cuba, there is no street map, but Google hybrid and satellite maps work well. Please drop me a line on my talk page if this is inappropriate. Rolando (talk) 16:55, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Added links to Google satellite/hybrid maps

message: I have noticed that your tool geohack.php uses a hyperlink to TopoZone.com that yields a result which interprets the input coordinates as being NAD27. I believe it is more common to use NAD83/WGS84  based on Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates#Geodetic system which says that "All coordinates should be referenced to WGS84, or an equivalent datum".  It would be simple to change your hyperlink by adding &datum=nad83 to the end of it. If you need more information you can leave a note here or on my talk page.  --Droll 07:04, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  TopoZone.com and [[NAD83]] 

message: < Moved from Template talk:Coor URL>
RAF Gan is located less than one degree below the equator. This URL incorrectly reports it as North instead of South. This throws off every map link.
*http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/geo/geohack.php?params=0_41_S_73_9_E_type:island (incorrectly north)
*http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/geo/geohack.php?params=1_41_S_73_9_E_type:island (correctly south)
I have to say compared with the previous map link server this url is a step backwards. Its missing wikimapia and is generally has links that are pretty useless.
--MarsRover 21:16, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Current URL has annoying bug 

message: I have added Japanese map sites because there was none of it. --Izumi5 14:18, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have corrected some (in fact, many) mistakes in the links. --Izumi5 07:40, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added links to five Japanese map site 

message: What about subpages in different languages? Not everyone knows English and all Wikipedia links go to en. --88.76.219.217 11:03, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Internationalisation 

message: Please find a way to make this page localisable (nice word huh :)). I'm hereby volounteering for the Hungarian translation. Please contact me at  . Regards, Dami --85.238.73.101 16:25, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Hungarian

message: I removed a link to whereto.org. They have only Google Maps with a few tags added, all but one of them in the USA. I think this extension, that is widely used in different language wikipedias should only contain links to websites with a really useful content. That means: Google Maps only once - the original one - and not all sites that use this service for whatever purpose. --88.76.203.102 22:27, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Selection of links 

message: Is there a particular reason why Wikimapia is not in the list?  I see this question was (kind of) asked above, but there was no answer.  Thanks.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 12:17, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Is there a record of discussions regarding removals from/additions to this list, do you know?  In other words, who's in charge of this list?—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 19:36, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Presumably User:Magnus Manske is in charge since it's in his userspace, but I really have no idea.. Amaltsev 19:49, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm, looks like he's away for the time being.  I'll wait till he's back; this is not all that urgent anyway.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 19:53, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

text: Looks like Wikimapia has finally been add to the list but unfortunately is misspelled and at bottom of list. Is it possible that this geo template can be publicly edited by the community like all other pages and articles? --MarsRover 20:37, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, the owner seems to be absent, and the page is being edited to everyone's heart content.  I, for one, don't see any harm in correcting a simple typo.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 17:09, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

text: May be I'm biased, but Wikimapia at the top of the list above google maps its based on and placed there by its creator? I really think we need a chapter for "Map-based projects" where projects like wikimapia, whereto.org, everytrail.com, etc will go. There is a difference between various maps -- yahoo, microsoft, mapquest, gmaps, etc -- primary providers (from user's point of view at least), and mash-up projects however popular or not they are. Amaltsev 01:54, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I like to see wikimapia as a choice on the same google line. "google (wikimapia,hybrid,satellite)". And the google line should be the first line. Normally I am for organization and categorization but in this case I would sort by popularity and by usefulness (McFly?) --MarsRover 07:35, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think placing it where you placed it falsely implies a relationship with Google. And then again, wikimapia is not the only project that allows to wiki-edit places on google maps. Why the preferential treatment? Amaltsev 22:50, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Who preferred to put a dead "McFly" link as second choice here? I just trying to be practical and not having to have the user scroll each time they bring up this page. If we had a poll to find the most common links and made sure they're at the top I am fine with that. Also, we should have Yahoo maps near the top of the list. I don't think its even in the list. --MarsRover 00:02, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Wikimapia

message: Hi.
We have a template for links to locations. You might add them 
* this ones general (realy cool and I belive it should be on top of it all - it is "editable" for all)
http://wikimapia.org/#y=&x=&z=12&l=28&m=h
* and this one is local
http://mapa.szukacz.pl/?n=&e=&z=3&t=&m=
Nux (talk) 23:07, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Polish links. 

message: I added Yahoo Maps. I set the mag for now to a value of 6, a not to close view... mag 5 would be another good possibility, but I guess for now 6 is enough... is there a way to use the range-values (as supplied for google maps) for this?
Short Doku of the Yahoo Maps Query String:
 Find this location
Key	Value(s)     	Description
mvt	m, s, h      	map, sattelite, hybrid view
lat	0.0 (numeric)	Latitude, Decemal Degrees
lon	0.0 (numeric)	Longitude, Decemal Degrees
mag	1-16 (int)   	Zoom-Level, 1=closest
q1 	mixed string 	Search-Query
--PSIplus Ψ 16:55, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Yahoo Maps 

message: I have added links to Flash Earth, a web site with Satellite and aerial imagery of the Earth in Flash. I hope you don't mind. Ric36 18:13, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added links to Flash Earth 

message: Would it make sense to add little 64x64 pictures as preview to distinguish street maps from satellite maps and so on?--Noiv 01:00, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map Previews