Comments on: Ws cover the planet

By: Lupo

Lupo — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:58:25 +0000

Does this work for all languages? I don’t see anything with the interface language at Google set to anything else but English. (It also appears that the Commons overlay only works with hl=en.)

By: Dcoetzee

Dcoetzee — Fri, 30 May 2008 10:30:51 +0000

The striking thing about this feature is how when I explore my immediately surrounding area I discover articles on so many things that I have direct experience with or could easily visit, many of which I either didn’t know much about more or didn’t expect to have articles. This is a great tool for building the encyclopedia, by helping people find local topics to expand (and in particular, to photograph).

By: Lupo

Lupo — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:31:44 +0000

Can we get the Common’s image overlay (see e.g. [http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&q=http:%2F%2Ftools.wikimedia.de%2F~para%2FGeoCommons%2FGeoCommons-simple.kml&ie=UTF8&ll=37.746693,-119.542236&spn=0.041196,0.060511&z=14 here for images around Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, U.S.]) integrated into their “Photo” checkbox, too?

By: Witty Lama

Witty Lama — Thu, 29 May 2008 01:55:24 +0000

This is great news and it gives Wikipedia some serious cachet in being the only other website being directly used in their default interface. Not only does it put our content ‘out there’ in a new form but facilitates the use of our content in new ways. Although geo-tagged WP articles is not new, this is a new order of magnitude in their prominence.
Well done.