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.