[Wikipedia-l] Galileo and others

[Christopher Mahan]

--- Magnus Manske <magnus.manske at web.de> 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, 

Wasn't there a zombie movie that started out like that ? Just
kidding.

Independent of maps, you could also find other "nearby" articles from
geopoint to geopoint distances and direction. Try doing that in EB. 

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Chris Mahan
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