[Wikipedia-l] Wikipedia as a gazetteer
Frank Bartus
fabartus at Comcast.NET
Fri Jul 21 21:54:00 UTC 2006
I haven't a clue as to whether this will replicate to the list properly. Tried reply all, and get two addresses in the bar.
I'd suggest using the same geocoordinate template as en.wp to specify such. I think the article on Nagasaki, Nagasaki was the first place I saw it used.
As useful cross checks, typing in place names (Sucks for geographic features though) into maps.google.map (http://maps.google.com/), and MapQuest.com, iirc. GoogleEarth is dynamite for checking into 3D features, and the cursor gives Lat and Long...
FrankB
----- Original Message -----
From: Oldak Quill
To: wikipedia-l at wikimedia.org
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Wikipedia as a gazetteer
On 21/07/06, Brianna Laugher <brianna.laugher at gmail.com> wrote:
> Working with co-ordinates has made me wonder about their use. It seems
> a bit bizarre to represent a huge country (or ocean, river, etc) with
> one random dot. Is there any neat, standardised way to refer to
> geographic areas? I can't think of one...any ideas?
One problem is that many users give the co-ordinates of a place to
fractions of arcseconds. Cities do not, and should not, have
co-ordinates given to the second. Tens of minutes (one minute is 1.86
km at sea level) should suffice.
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Oldak Quill (oldakquill at gmail.com)
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