In message 4a18802a0706051419l3ae7f34ep5a9438daf32f95a5@mail.gmail.com, Jason Shields jason.p.shields@gmail.com writes
Hi Andy and wikitech-l,
Hi
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.
We can make our parsing tools recognize the new template;
That's great. How long do you think it will take?
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.
It looks like one of {coord}'s purproses is to consolidate the number of templates available for geo-tagging articles and we are definitely excited about that prospect. Do you know if there are efforts to get {coord} (or an equivalent, 'standard' geo-tagging template) implemented in additional language versions of Wikipedia?
Yes; The Italian-language version is already using it. More work is needed with the rest, but it's in hand.
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).
Apologies for taking a long time to be in touch.
At least you are, now!
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.
-- Andy Mabbett