Template talk:GeoTemplate/Archive 3

message: This link:
http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/geo/geohack.php?params=34_74_S_150_83_E_region:AU_type:city
Ends up on a page relating to these totally incorrect coordinates:
35° 14′ 0″ S
151° 23′ 0″E
... which basically is useless.
Why is this happening and can it be corrected?
: 74'-60'=14' -> 34_74 -> 34° + 1° + 14' = 35° 14' S => -35.14 regards --XN 13:18, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  A link containing correct coordinates goes to a page with incorrect coordinates 

message: I added following code into your page with various links to various maps into the chapter Czech Republic.
* Find this location ( Satellite, Hybrid) on Mapy.cz (experiment).
But when I visit this page with some coordinates I can see only the previous version. And when I click on "edit" I can see the new source code, not the old one. Could you please explain me what's wrong?
--147.230.151.146 16:12, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  czech republic and experiment 

message: It would be good if your display of co-ordinates used the Geo microformat in the mark-up. Please let me know if you need further information. Andy Mabbett 08:38, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Tricky; the Geo microformat wants decimal degrees, but we allow dms in the various coor templates (see Template:Coor d et al).  Might be possible to do something with m:ParserFunctions, but will it be worth the overhead? –EdC 12:16, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yes, I think the effort would be worthwhile but I'll raise the issue on the microformats mailing list. Andy Mabbett 12:29, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I raised the decimal coordinates issue on the microformats wiki. No replies so far, but keep watching... Andy Mabbett 08:44, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think this has now been resolved; see Template:Coor/new/doc and please add comments of support (or criticism!). Andy Mabbett 09:40, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Geo microformat

message: At http://mapa.szukacz.pl is a map of Poland, which can be used to find any city in Poland and take a look on it at this map. Can you add this to that script? /Sorry for my English
: Could you provide an example of a link to a particular location? –EdC 21:52, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map of Poland 

message: USMapServer.com/WorldMapServer would like to request that its position in the list of 'Global Systems' be raised, for the following reasons:
*It provides detailed maps to the individual street level (US);
*It is the only? site which (attemps to) reverse-geocodes coordinates to a named map named/place, with a static page name which (tries to) correspond to the original Wikipedia page name - Gmaps, Ymaps, and MapQ do not do so.
*It contains content prepared in-house and is not a G*gle mashup;
Thank you for your consideration.
Middleforkmaps 04:36, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Correct me if I am wrong, but as far as I can tell, this service provides only a low level of detail outside the US, and has no 3D facilities. Viewfinder 11:21, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thats how it appeared to me too - outside the US it appears to be useful only for whole-country scale images, since the resolution seems to be too poor to see even large cities. (eg most cities in England), and there is only imagery, no map data. Usability also could be better (could possibly be due to my system setup). --Ozhiker 15:49, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request Revision in the 'Global Systems' 

message: The "find this location" links call up live local, but then takes me to a completely wrong location. Yes, I am using IE. I propose that this link is not fixed and should be deleted. Viewfinder 01:02, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: What page are you linking from that takes you to the wrong location?  Heptazane 05:32, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Windows Live Local 

message: Please add a Geo microformat to http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/geo/geohack.php. It should be relatively easy to do, given the existing mark-up.
All it needs is for 

<table>
<tr align="right">
<td><small>52.686° N</small></td>
</tr>
<tr align="right">
<td><small>2.193° W</small></td>

to become

<table class="geo">
<tr align="right">
<td><small><abbr class="latitude" title="52.686">52.686° N</abbr></small></td>
</tr>
<tr align="right">
<td><small><abbr class="longitude" title="-2.193">2.193° W</abbr></small></td>

if abbr is honoured, or alternatively to add an additional table 

<table class="geo">
<tr align="right">
<td><small class="latitude">52.686</small></td>
</tr>
<tr align="right">
<td><small class="longitude">-2.193/small></td>

Personally, my preference would be for the latter in any case, as I prefer to see negative decimal values than Westings; and it would also facilitate copy & pasting of them as plain text.
Thank you. Andy Mabbett 09:24, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, everything except the  stuff can be done by simply editing the template itself, right? I'll look into generating the  tags soon. --Magnus Manske 10:42, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes. Do you mean to imply that I can do it? I'm not sure I know enough not to do damage (and shouldn't such a widely-used template be protected, anyway?) Andy Mabbett 11:09, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

text: No idea - perhaps someone else can answer, please? I'm also confused by the relationship between Template:GeoTemplate and GeoHack. Andy Mabbett 11:18, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I found a much simpler way to apply GEO, so did. I'm still not clear about the relationship between Template:GeoTemplate and GeoHack, though! Andy Mabbett 10:58, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Geo microformat on GeoHack

message: I was trying to modify the template to add http://mapy.atlas.cz, which uses following format:
http://mapy.atlas.cz/?q=49%C2%B058%2708.07%22N%3B%2014%C2%B007%2759.40%22E
It should be something like:
http://mapy.atlas.cz/?q={latdegabs}°{latminint}′{latsecdec}″{latNS}; {londegabs}°{lonminint}′{lonsecdec}″{lonEW}
and at the end behind # something like @app=0 for map and @app=2 for aerial pictures. Could you please let me do the right modifications? Or you you make these modifications? Also some testing with scaling should be done. I think it is parameter @sidx=8
Please answer to :cs:Wikipedista diskuse:Jx.
--EnJx 18:34, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  mapy.atlas.cz 

message: How does this look:  ? Andy Mabbett 10:21, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Geo microformat - successfully applied