On 6/6/07, Andy Mabbett andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:
I was forwarded your message (by Evan here at Google) asking about Earth parsing the {coord} template. I am a data engineer working on the Wikipedia layer and hopefully can help get this question resolved.
Thank you; and thank you Evan.
No problem.
We can make our parsing tools recognize the new template;
That's great. How long do you think it will take?
I have taken a quick look at the template and do not think it will take much time to support. We generally do data pushes about once per month, so it may take that long before users would see any articles pop up in the Wikipedia layer that have been tagged with this template. Of course, this is also dependent on the database dump cycles. If there is not a new dump available when we kick off the next round of parsing, it might be two months.
however, we
definitely do not want our decision to support this template to be misconstrued as an endorsement or ultimatum. So, we are wondering if it has broad support within the community?
Yes; the only sticking point has been the question of support by Google Earth.
Good news on the support front and apologies that we couldn't get this worked out more quickly.
Lastly, we are discussing a collaboration with geonames.org. They have
done a lot of great work parsing and conflating Wikipedia data. Perhaps they are worth reaching out to as another project using the geocoordinate templates.
A contact would be appreciated, please (by private e-mail in confidence, if you prefer).
Will do.
Apologies for taking a long time to be in touch.
At least you are, now!
Glad to get the communication lines open. Please let me know if you have any questions or anything.
Cheers, Jason
Cheers,
Jason
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Andy Mabbett < andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk> Date: Jun 2, 2007 3:34 PM Subject: Google Earth and 'coord' template
Hi,
I'm told you might be the person to assist with this, or to direct me to someone who can.
Please do!
Thank you.
In "Wikitech-l" message JUxoMwM$7IXGFw76@pigsonthewing.org.uk, Andy Mabbett <andy-VPqQCyIUKlYeBxrm02tS/ekiAK3p4hvP@public.gmane.org > writes
Almost two months ago, User:GMaxwell undertook to arrange for
Google to
read the new 'coord' template:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Coord >
when they parse the raw Wikipedia data for their Google Earth
Wikipedia
layer.
Unfortunately, he hasn't posted for some time (I do hope he's OK).
Can someone else pick up that baton, please, or advise me who to contact? Or perhaps even confirm that that's been done?
Thank you.
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