Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] Geocoordinates in upload form

-- Med vänliga hälsningar Jan Ainali Ordförande, Wikimedia Sverige http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Huvudsida 2011/7/15 Jane Darnell jane023@gmail.com > Awesome! Then the next step is trying to use them somehow, while keeping in > mind Tomasz' point, i.e. those coordinates could be far away. I really don't > like the idea of putting the burden of GIS coordinates on the uploader, > unless this EXIF feature is there already. I think the upload form needs to > recognize this and ask if those coordinates can be used for the object or > better for the camera, or something like that > > > 2011/7/15 Jan Ainali jan.ainali@wikimedia.se > >> AFAIK, if the the coordinates are stored in the EXIF-information of the >> file, there is a bot on Commons who takes care of covering it to the right >> template. >> >> -- >> Med vänliga hälsningar >> Jan Ainali >> Ordförande, Wikimedia Sverige http://se.wikimedia.org/wiki/Huvudsida >> >> 2011/7/15 Tomasz Ganicz polimerek@gmail.com >> >>> 2011/7/15 Jane Darnell jane023@gmail.com: >>> > Hmm. That brings to mind the fact that modern camera's have a GIS >>> system >>> > built in -- does the upload form harvest this info?Technically >>> speaking, >>> > this is not the coordinates of the monument, but of the viewpoint of >>> the >>> > camera, which is often close enough! >>> > >>> >>> But not always. You take sometimes a picture from a quite distance. >>> See for example: >>> >>> >>> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Italy_Florence_St_Maria_del_Fiore_1.j... >>> >>> So, to make it proper - the uploader should insert both - the >>> possition of photographer and possion of the monument. >>> >>> I think the upload form could have some "advanced" options, which are >>> not obligatory, bu the uploader can fill them if he/she needs, and we >>> can encourage people to do this. The form can be very simple in its >>> basic form and have "more options" button just like reference tool in >>> Wikipedia. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Tomek "Polimerek" Ganicz >>> http://pl.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Polimerek >>> http://www.ganicz.pl/poli/ >>> http://www.cbmm.lodz.pl/work.php?id=29&title=tomasz-ganicz >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >>> WikiLovesMonuments@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >>> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >> WikiLovesMonuments@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > WikiLovesMonuments@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu >