(Putting my ca.wiki volunteer hat on)
There is a very old template in ca.wiki about mountain huts [1]. It
basically looks and works as it looked and worked in 2007. I'm thinking
that it is perhaps a good opportunity to try something I have been wanting
to try for a long time: embed a map in a template.
I'm more or less aware how you can do this with Template:Geobox or similar
systems relying on collections of maps to put a dot on. However, I was
wondering what is the state of the art in the times of Lua, OSM, and
Wikidata. Is it possible to have something like this
* Editor introduces geolocation coordinates and saves.
* The right OSM tile is chosen based on the coordinates, showing e.g. the
50km surrounding the place.
* If users clicks the map, they jump to an actual map where they can zoom
etc. Or at least a bigger and more detailed static image showing, say, a
200 km range.
If none of this exists yet, which template would you recommend using today,
and what project should I look at for new releases in this direction?
Thank you.
[1]
https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantilla:Refugi
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Quim Gil
Engineering Community Manager @ Wikimedia Foundation
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