Geographical coordinates
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Any updates on OSM addition? Found in archive link to German implemenatation, but it is slow and does not seem to work (https://tools.wmflabs.org/osm4wiki/cgi-bin/wiki/wiki-osm.pl?project=en&article=List_of_rapids_of_the_Columbia_River%26section%3DSnake_River_to_Bridgeport). I found nice fast osm kml display here, but it does not accept our kmlexport kml due to missing file extension (how however kml produced by kmlexport and saved somewhere else works without problem) and code itself does not seem to be open source. --Jklamo (talk) 17:04, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have a website with implemented Google Maps, which displays the coordinates in order (and with the pins interlinked).

I have added an option for external KML resources, and it's much nicer in the case of routes / hikes / pilgrimages: The website is http://mumimhere.info and the map with the KML is: http://mumimhere.info/kml/?kml=tools.wmflabs.org%2Fkmlexport%2F%3Farticle%3DCh%25C5%25ABgoku_33_Kannon_Pilgrimage

I understand (for what I can read in this Talk) that this might consume my Google Maps API usage limit (I think it's 25,000 map loads per day). I don't believe people will go for my option before Google or Bing, but some might. If it goes over the limit but you like the website, as @Para said, "There will most certainly be feature requests for the site that someone will need to implement and maintain. There is much more room for customization when a Wikipedian is responsible for the site, rather than just the KML content," someone (or me) could be responsible for maintaining a site (Mum I'm Here) exclusively for Wikipedia GeoGroup. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nicojonesgodel (talk • contribs) 04:22, 7 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Please consider adding it to the GeoGroup template. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nicojonesgodel (talk • contribs) 04:15, 7 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

One of the distracting aspects of this template is that it produces a surprisingly verbose floating box, even before it is expanded.

I have removed the overly verbose "of"s from "Map of " URL labels in an effort to whittle it down a bit. I wonder if "coordinates" could be shortened to "points" as well?

Also, currently each URL label renders on two lines for me:

Map all coordinates from         [show]
Google
Map up to 200 coordinates from
Bing

Playing around with my browser's settings, I can't affect the two line rendering.

What about revising this to something like this?:

Map all points with:     [show]
 Google    Bing

Comments? —EncMstr (talk) 22:37, 21 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Map {{abbr|PoIs|points of interest}}? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 22:52, 21 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Map PoIs? I'll give you that it is short. Alas, it looks vaguely obscene.

Maybe it should just be Map points with: —EncMstr (talk) 23:59, 21 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"vaguely obscene"?! Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:59, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I added the template to Brisbane River and the Google map shows all the reaches with their name parameter (where supplied). Great! So I added the template to Bridges over the Brisbane River and the Google map doesn't display the name parameter but calls everything #1, #2 etc. I can't see what I have done differently. Any advice would be most welcome. Thanks. Kerry (talk) 04:03, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like everything is right. I tweaked a few inconsequential issues (feel free to revert) in case there is a new pathology. I think the external tool which interprets the coordinates is being confused by the article's subsections which is something it did years ago and I thought was discussed and fixed here, but that fix didn't work, though there could be caching issues keeping it from working immediately Maybe the maintainer of that tool, @Para:, will comment? —EncMstr (talk) 15:14, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Google caches all the kml it fetches, especially if you keep hammering it after updates. You can change the kml url slightly to make it think it's a new one, like mentioned at Template:GeoGroup#Cache delay. --Para (talk) 17:44, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, all! It seems to be working, so it was probably was the caching issue as you suggest. It's a great template to have and now that I know about it, I think I'll be adding it to a lot more Queensland content, especially geographic lists. Like pictures, maps are worth a thousand words. Kerry (talk) 23:20, 25 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It appears that links to https://maps.google.com/ - such as the one titled "Map all microformatted coordinates" in this template - will stop working soon, see https://support.google.com/maps/answer/41136?p=kml&hl=en&rd=1 and https://developers.google.com/maps/support/kmlmaps. --Redrose64 (talk) 19:53, 25 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]