Andy, thanks for the heads up.
We are currently looking at structuring geo information in general so this
is good input. Max is a new team member who is dealing with this
specifically.
Phil
On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Brion Vibber <bvibber(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 4:28 AM, Andy Mabbett
<andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk>wrote;wrote:
There is currently a discussion taking place at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:HWY#RFC_on_coordinates_in_highw…
regarding a proposal to change the MoS to prohibit the use of
coordinates in articles about highways (aka roads/ motorways).
This would remove them from the new app's "nearby" view.
That's probably the right thing for now; without a way to usefully
describe them as .... long windy things ... coordinates are not very useful
on roads or rivers.
-- brion
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