On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 09:33:38PM +0200, Magnus Manske wrote:
IF the GEO coordinate links to a special page, then this page could link to/show a mapquest map around that point, among other things. Or should we use such a map image which links to the special apge (like thumbnails)? That should be at least *some* feedback.
And for missing geography data: How about wikipedition (wikipedia expedition) to collect that data? Imagine: Thousands of wikipedians all over the world emerging from their basements, roaming streets, shorelines, walking along rivers and climbing mountains, their GPS receivers in one hand, the data-logging laptop in the other, to discover new life and new civilizations, to boldly wander where no geek has wandered before ;-) And they could take pictures for wikimedia commons while they're at it!
Some of the data is easy to enter - locations of cities etc. Other is pretty difficult - like exact shapes of borders and rivers. Unfortunatelly it's the latter kind where the gaps are largest.