The great thing about MediaWiki is that we don&#39;t have to anticipate new features, we can build them in later when we discover that they&#39;re possible and that they&#39;re wanted. In fact, there&#39;s no requirement that the Wikidata developers are even the ones that do develop said hypothetical future modules. If you could code, you could build them and offer them up for integration. <br>
<br>All that being said, there are already websites that map out astronomical features in a geolocation-like way. It&#39;s worthwhile to consider supporting that type of geolocation data on Wikidata.  <br><br>Sven<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Scott MacLeod <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com" target="_blank">worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Denny, <div><br></div><div>Thanks for this. </div><div><br></div><div>Are there ways to structure this geolocation data now to anticipate more &#39;fluid&#39; uses of it, say 5 or 10 years from now, or beyond, in representing water, or astronomical processes, in something like interactive, realistic models of the earth or the universe, which would also be useful to Wikipedia&#39;s developing goals / mission?</div>

<div><br></div><div>Scott</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 8:57 AM, Gregor Hagedorn <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:g.m.hagedorn@gmail.com" target="_blank">g.m.hagedorn@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>&gt; Now, I don&#39;t think we need or want ranges as a data type at all (better have<br>
&gt; separate properties for the beginning and end).<br>
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</div>I am afraid this will then put a heavy burden on users to enter,<br>
proofread, and output values. Data input becomes dispersed, because<br>
the value &quot;18-25 cm length &quot; has to be split and entered separately.<br>
You have to write a custom output for each property then, and do all<br>
the query logic (&gt; lower, &lt; upper) for each property in each Wikipedia<br>
client.<br>
<br>
I believe this is something that is healthy to do centrally.<br>
I believe the concept of intervals exists because of that.<br>
<span><font color="#888888"><br>
Gregor<br>
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