In message
<4a18802a0706051419l3ae7f34ep5a9438daf32f95a5(a)mail.gmail.com>om>, Jason
Shields <jason.p.shields(a)gmail.com> writes
Hi Andy and wikitech-l,
Hi
I was forwarded your message (by Evan here at Google)
asking about
Earth parsing the {coord} template. I am a data engineer working on the
Wikipedia layer and hopefully can help get this question resolved.
Thank you; and thank you Evan.
We can make our parsing tools recognize the new
template;
That's great. How long do you think it will take?
however, we
definitely do not want our decision to support this template to be
misconstrued as an endorsement or ultimatum. So, we are wondering if it
has broad support within the community?
Yes; the only sticking point has been the question of support by Google
Earth.
It looks like one of {coord}'s purproses is to
consolidate the number
of templates available for geo-tagging articles and we are definitely
excited about that prospect. Do you know if there are efforts to get
{coord} (or an equivalent, 'standard' geo-tagging template) implemented
in additional language versions of Wikipedia?
Yes; The Italian-language version is already using it. More work is
needed with the rest, but it's in hand.
Lastly, we are discussing a collaboration with
geonames.org. They have
done a lot of great work parsing and conflating Wikipedia data. Perhaps
they are worth reaching out to as another project using the
geocoordinate templates.
A contact would be appreciated, please (by private e-mail in confidence,
if you prefer).
Apologies for taking a long time to be in touch.
At least you are, now!
Cheers,
Jason
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Andy Mabbett < andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk>
Date: Jun 2, 2007 3:34 PM
Subject: Google Earth and 'coord' template
Hi,
I'm told you might be the person to assist with this, or to direct
me to
someone who can.
Please do!
Thank you.
In "Wikitech-l" message <JUxoMwM$7IXGFw76(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk>uk>,
Andy
Mabbett <andy-VPqQCyIUKlYeBxrm02tS/ekiAK3p4hvP(a)public.gmane.org >
writes
Almost two months ago, User:GMaxwell undertook to
arrange for
Google to
read the new 'coord' template:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Coord >
when they parse the raw Wikipedia data for their Google Earth
Wikipedia
layer.
Unfortunately, he hasn't posted for some time (I do hope he's OK).
Can someone else pick up that baton, please, or advise me who to
contact? Or perhaps even confirm that that's been done?
Thank you.
--
Andy Mabbett
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