On 14/03/12 19:03, Max Semenik wrote:
Hi all,
I have beem loooking at the wikipedia database scheme and I haven't found any field that suggest that some contents are geographical located. Am I wrong?
If it is possible I would like to download the geographical located contents of Wikipedia to do something similar to what googleearth does with the wikipedia layer Is that possible?
Thanks in advanced.
We are currently developing the GeoData extension[1] which should store page coordinates. We hope to deploy it sooner than later, but have no clear ETA.
Hi Max,
Your project is the "longer-term solution" I was alluding to. It's a excellent idea, will add significant desirable functionality and promote longer term standardization, yet can be deployed without any disruption to current working practices as a simple drop-in replacement at the lowest level of the various current ad-hoc template mechanisms. I look forward to seeing it deployed as soon as possible.
You might also want to take a look at the current work on attacking KML files to articles on the English-language Wikipedia for some ideas about where things might progress in the future beyond simple point-of-interest coding. This approach could quite easily be generalized to using KML files as a multi-purpose longer term extension to the current coordinate coding mechansim.
-- Neil