Template talk:GeoTemplate/Archive 4

message: Do we have any stats, on how many pages (directly or via other templates) call this template ? Or how many times it is served in, say, a day or month? Andy Mabbett 10:32, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Useage

message: I've found the German version of this template, and added the Geo microformat to it. Are there any versions in other languages? Andy Mabbett 14:47, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Foreign-language versions 

message: I'd like to suggest adding a link to 'The Atlas of Canada' in the North American sources, epecially their topographic maps at:
http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map
These are searchable by latitude/longitude so should fit well in GeoHack. There are a wealth of other special topic maps available - all in all a wonderful source for information re: Canada.
Thanks for GeoHack, its a  useful tool that enhances Wikipedia tremendously! I just wish more articles had those little co-ordinate links in the top right-hand corner. Is there any sort of bot or editor that could do this or must it be done manually? Macadavy 04:33, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Geographical_coordinates and its talk page. Andy Mabbett 08:48, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

text: Added 'National Atlas of Canada' link but unsure how to format "find this location" feature, please do so if you are able, TIA.  Macadavy 21:04, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Canadian Link

message: Multimap have refreshed their site.
It should now be in the form
http://www.multimap.com/maps/#t=l&map=<lat>,<lon>&loc=US:<lat>:<lon>
They have aerial photography as well —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.169.42.132 (talk) 09:24, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I doubt we should use &loc=US: for places in the UK... Andy Mabbett 09:41, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Multimap's new site 

message: Is it possible to add a links to the the aerial's of maps.ask.com too? They have sometimes higher resolution than the others, and no flash is needed.
Thanks --helohe (talk) 13:15, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have added it myself. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Helohe (talk • contribs) 23:40, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  maps.ask.com 

message: The latitude and longitude of Fairfax Station, VA, should be Latitude = 38.8025, Longitude = -77.3254.  The current lat and long directs to Manassas, VA, a city many miles away. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Deanchristesen (talk • contribs) 15:05, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. In future, please report such matters on the talk page of the article concerned - or fix them yourself. Thank you. Andy Mabbett 16:51, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect latitude and longitude of Fairfax Station, VA 

message: I was looking at Battle of Red Cliffs and clicked the coords atop the page.. the resulting map location is far northeast of where it should be. Is there a website where I can start at a know nearby location (maybe Dongting Lake), click the map at the place where I want to know coords, and the website will give me lat/long coords? Thanks Ling.Nut 02:19, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  click map; find new coords? 

message: Forgive me if this has been brought up before, but I have noticed over the past couple of days that the TerraServer links in the Geolinks cityscale template are producing an error message. Is this a problem on their end or our end? Katr67 18:00, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: TerraServer links not working

message: Here are the paramters that I've found.  If there are any others, please let me know.  One that I would love to have is {title} such that from a {coord} an arbitrary string could be passed.  This would make the markers on the maps make more sense.
Heptazane 18:32, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Moved to :Template:GeoTemplate/usage. Andy Mabbett 10:57, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Parameters for GeoTemplate 

message: I am trying to find Chinese map services to put on this page, but most of them currently doesn't support geo coordinates. I found that Sogou's map service has their own coordinate referencing system that is similar to geo coordinates; however, the longitude and latitudes are in units of about 1/30th of a second. Is there a multiplier parameter in this template that allows it to generate a variable that is a multiple of the existing parameters? --Voidvector 21:06, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Multiplier parameter? 

message: Some articles (like this one Giant's_Causeway ) inject coordinates. But they do not get added correctly to the page, it is injected via some dynamic html nonsense - this means that 1. you can't edit them - which is ok, if they are correct. but 2. it also means it ends up displaying wrong for some people (like me) with the coords flying over other items on the page (the word "Coordinates" is over 'free encylocpedia').
3. (arguably it also makes it more difficult for people to add cords to other articles where it is merited - but 2 is the killer)
Can't this be changed to it inserts its text normally like all other wikipedia tags. IceHunter 12:22, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The coordinates on that page are inserted with , which uses a  tag.  The monobook stylesheet uses CSS (not dynamic HTML) to move the contents of the tag to the top of the page.  It is indeed editable; on that page the coordinates template call is in the External Links section. –EdC 10:03, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

text: If the CSS is causing the coordinates to display badly for you, you should report that at the talk page for the skin you're using. However, please be aware that coordinates templates have additional functionality over raw wikitext for HTML entries, and should not be removed. Andy Mabbett 10:38, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please insert it as a real html 

message: I've created a short page at Template:GeoTemplate/usage for usage notes. Please help to expand it. Thank you. Andy Mabbett 10:49, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Usage 

message: I can easily find Mt. St. Louis ski resort on Google Maps by starting in Barrie and then scrolling the map. Now what? After centering the map, is there some way to read the coordinates so I can paste them into the article? Maury 13:23, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure if that can be done. Try http://www.giswiki.org/hjl_get_CoorE.htm instead -- PlaneMad|YakYak 13:29, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ohhh, excellent link, thanks! Maury 15:40, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

text: Yes. Select "Link to this page" and the coordinates are in the resultant URL, on the format "&ll=52.483094,-1.89615". Make sure to trim them to an appropriate number of decimal places, rounding up if necessary, and including trailing zeroes. Andy Mabbett 16:37, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  If I find something on Google Maps, how do I read it's coordinates? 

message: *Mexico Satellite Map Interactive satellite map of Mexico with major cities and their centers mapped.
I have removed the above link because the link in its current format does not support geo coordinates. Also the map appears to be a customized Google Maps. --Voidvector 13:33, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mexico link 

message: Hello, I can see that there are no links to maps of Poland. Please add one. I personally recommend Targeo (pl.wikipedia.org), mapa.targeo.pl
* link format: mapa.targeo.pl/TITLE,,LONGITUDE,LATITUDE
* example: http://mapa.targeo.pl/Katowice,,19.005,50.255
Both longitude and latitude are float numbers (degrees) describng locations on eastern (E) and northern (N) quartersphere (i.e. where Poland lies).
Thanks in advance Gringoo 24 June 2007
:. A scale parameter might be useful. --Para 14:47, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Polish link / Roadmap of Poland 

message: For some strange reason all the locations are to much to the west? The url is correct, but the link to (for example) Google map is incorrect. 64_12_60_N_20_46_94_W gives 64° 13′ 0″ N 20° 47′ 34″ W. It's suppose to link to the lake just east of the mark. Any ideas? --Steinninn 02:21, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Which geodetic reference frame is the coordinates using? If it is not WGS 84, it probably is off. --Voidvector 02:51, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Never mind. It was my mistake. When I wrote 60 in the seconds it automaticly put the minute to +1, and that's what changed it. --Steinninn 05:01, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cordinets go to much to the west