User talk:Teslaton/Tools/GeoLocator

Discussion for GeoLocator related issues.

GeoLocator and Linux

Hi there. There is a problem when you say "place the location marker using alt+click". Linux desktops are using the alt+click combination to move the window where you clicked. To place the location marker under Linux the combination ctrl+click is used instead. YoaR (talk) 18:48, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Both [Alt+click] and [Ctrl+click] events are handled as "place marker" action. As I wasn't aware of this X-Win issue, I've just emphasized [Alt+click] alternative because Opera browser intercepts [Ctrl+click] over picture with it's "Save picture as" action... I'll mention both alternatives there, thanks for your remark. Regards, --Teslaton (talk) 15:01, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You forgot, didn't you ?Ll0zz (talk) 15:58, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, indeed I did. I've added a mention of [Ctrl+click]/[Alt+click] alternatives in current version of both tool and doc. --Teslaton (talk) 22:56, 29 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is also [X+click] alternative for cases when nothing else works, see known issues. --Teslaton (talk) 14:06, 31 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, had to use [X+click] with Snow Leopard on Intel iMac + Firefox 8.0.1Bluedawe 22:00, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I could translate your tool to Spanish. If you want so, please tell me here what I have to do. YoaR (talk) 22:39, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I tried the GeoLocator with my default browser Opera 10.53 for Linux, but neither Ctrl+click nor Alt+Click is working. So I have to use Firefox where it works without any problems. --Wilder Kaiser (talk) 09:15, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GeoLocator and iPad

Similar to Linux, this tool is unusable on the iPad. There are no Ctrl or Alt keys on the standard IOS on screen keyboard. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Glider51 (talk • contribs) 10:53, 13 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Altitude

Hi, thanks for this wonderful tool. I often have to tag my articles and images with the altitude. It would be a real help if you could also provide the altitude facility. Topocoding has this altitude facility: http://www.topocoding.com. Regards, =Nichalp «Talk»= 13:53, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

done (v0.27 2010/03/20). I've just added elevation reverse geocoding support into current maintenance release (0.27), see ChangeLog for details. Sorry for sluggish response, no time for hobby activities... Regards, --Teslaton (talk) 16:27, 20 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support for german Geo-Template

A support for Template:Coordinate would be nice. We use only this template in the german Wikipedia and we use it very often. Example:

{ {Coordinate|NS=49.759681|EW=6.6440194|type=landmark|dim=25|region=DE-RP} }

It would be nice if you can do this. All parameter are writen in english, so every language could use this template were we invest a lot of brain in it. --Kolossos (talk) 22:37, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

done (v0.27 2010/03/20). I've added {{Coordinate}} template support into "More wikipedia templates" section in current maintenance release 0.27 (ChangeLog), check it out. Sorry for sluggish response, no time for hobby activities... Regards, --Teslaton (talk) 16:27, 20 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Openstreetmap-Support

We some lines of code it should be possible to support also Openstreetmap maps in your GoogleMaps-API: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Google_Maps_Example

This would be nice to prove that there are no mistakes/traps in the datas.

Greetings Kolossos (talk) 22:48, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's there in current maintenance release 0.27 (ChangeLog). Sorry for sluggish response, no time for hobby activities... Regards, --Teslaton (talk) 16:27, 20 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

done. Well, seems I missed your point before (wasn't concentrated enough when reading...). I've added OSM as a layer too (via Mapnik tile server) in 0.28 (changelog). --Teslaton (talk) 14:16, 30 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Favicon

Small point, but I'd appreciate GeoLocator having a favicon for ease of bookmarking it in firefox. thanks --Tagishsimon (talk) 23:43, 29 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

done, just added one... Regards, --Teslaton (talk) 08:18, 30 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That's excellent; thanks. --Tagishsimon (talk) 09:21, 30 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dutch version

Hi, just to inform you I have adapted your Geolocator code to make a (simplified) Dutch version on http://wikikml.brinkster.net/coords.html. Michiel1972 (talk) 21:19, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Add {{Object location dec}}

Hi, please add commons:template:Object location dec and commons:template:Object location ; thank you very much. Otourly (talk) 18:02, 28 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that would be really great! --Flominator (talk) 09:51, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

added (v0.29 2011/04/16) --Teslaton (talk) 22:44, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. --Flominator (talk) 09:28, 25 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Change stable.toolserver.org

Hello. You may change the link GeoHack [1] with [2] and the link GeoHack:export [3] with [4] --ComputerHotline (talk) 11:51, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

done (v0.29 2011/04/16) --Teslaton (talk) 22:44, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Add Heading Angle

For augmented reality overlays consisting of historic photos it would be great to write the heading as angles instead of only directions. For example 0° for N (north), 45° for NE and all the angles in between. You probably already are calculating the angles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Geohistory (talk • contribs) 16:43, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's already there, just change heading precision (h:) to 360 --Teslaton (talk) 22:44, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

License

I and maybe some others, who want to use this tool maybe even for a comercial webpage, miss the license under which this tool is published to be mentioned in the Wikipediaarticle about Geolocator.--Chriwi (talk) 10:23, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I should definitely put it there. Anyway, there's no problem at all if you just link it, even from a commercial web. Regards, --Teslaton (talk) 22:44, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Japanese version

Hi, Teslaton. I'm not a programer. But I have translated and adopted your Geolocator to make Japanese version, because I'm lovin' it! There is on http://www.ac.auone-net.jp/~geo/geo/ Thank you for you nice tool. :> --Was a bee (talk) 19:43, 19 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Userbox

Hi, I made userbox for user of geolocator. --Was a bee (talk) 18:36, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This user uses Geolocator to get geographic coordinates.

{{User:Was a bee/Geolocator}}

Thanks, nice to know! Regards, --Teslaton (talk) 22:44, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Small request from the Poland

Hello, GeoLocator is a really great job. It would be possible to add a new Template from pl wiki? We use a template:

{{Koordynaty|44|06|43|N|87|54|W}}
{{Koordynaty|44|06|43|N|87|54|W|umieść=w tekście}}

Greetings Gagorski (talk) 07:43, 1 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

done (v0.29 2011/04/16).

I've added "English (pl)" localization (tools.freeside.sk/geolocator/geolocator.pl.html) with these aspects:

Poland map preset (rightmost above the map)
Preview links to Polish map services (Targeo · Szukacz · Zumi · Emapi · KMP · UMP)
Polish wiki template markup: {{Koordynaty}}, infobox snippet (| stopniN = | minutN = | sekundN = | szerokość = | stopniE = | minutE = | sekundE = | długość = )

Check it out, please. Regards, --Teslaton (talk) 22:44, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

bug

Hello,I want to add a coordinate of a metro station to Persian Wikipedia. On google map you can find it here but when i give this url to geolocator, it gives me a coordinate at the middle of neverland (:D). see this. Thank you for your great tool!:)Ladsgroup^بحث 02:53, 12 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Geolocator can parse Google Maps URLs containing plain coordinates, like this one. Your URL, instead, contains an internal Google UID of some placemark. Reagrds, --Teslaton (talk) 14:35, 15 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Custom template in decimal format

Hello ! Thank you again for your pretty tool. I have a good question. I searched but I still not find the answers. I would like to have a Custom template in decimal format. How can I do ? What is the syntax ? Regards, Otourly 19:52, 25 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In fact is there an help page about customing template ? It could be great ;) Otourly 19:57, 25 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have any idea about ? Otourly 20:11, 13 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

First of all, I'm sorry, I must have missed your question somehow.

Here are some examples:

[5] plain degree-only decimal format (D.DDD, D.DDD) with no NS/EW flags
[6] deg+min decimal format (D°M.MMM′ NS, D°M.MMM′ EW)

Functionality of each particular macro is displayed in "Debug" expandable section on main screen. Custom template can be specified via ct= URL argument. Properly escaped URL with current custom template can be easily obtained by clicking on "GeoLocator (permalink)" hyperlink in "Show location on" section. Regards, --Teslaton 07:13, 14 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merci beaucoup, it's a good help ! That's what I expected :) yeah ! Otourly 19:58, 14 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Problem with window size

Hi Teslaton! Great tool. Would it be possible to make the window size configureable or enlarge the map window a little bit? While showing the search results, the map window become nearly hidden: Screenshot Geolocator (sorry for the link, currently I cannot upload files to the English wikipedia) --Tuxyso (talk) 07:17, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]