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Altitude
Smaller focus
Microformats
Displaying coordinates on page
converting into a right format
encouraging property owners to share latlongs

Is there a Standard Suggested Way of deciding which point of an area shall be selected as the Geocode for the area?

Are there any free databases of Geocodes we can ~~rip off~~ copy freely? -- Colin 01:38, 18 Nov 2005 (EST)

I've been using Multimap; it usually comes up with a good point in a city. As far as free databases, I think the TIGER database for US locations is public domain. --Evan 02:56, 18 Nov 2005 (EST)

Many big cities have a milestone/building that is the official center. --elgaard 13:22, 19 Dec 2005 (EST)

[edit] Related projects

Thanks to Elgaard for pointing out OpenStreetMap. I just noticed Geowiki, which is about the only way I'd like interactive maps to work on Wikitravel. --Evan 15:26, 26 Jan 2006 (EST)

[edit] Altitude

Is it possible to add altitude. It usefull to know for acclimatization if your travelling to altitude.

Maybe we could add an {{altitude|somevalue}} template? --Evan 16:19, 25 February 2006 (EST)

[edit] Smaller focus

Is there a project that is currently undertaking the creation of a coordinates template for individual locations (ie, restaurants, hotels, etc.)? With the rising popularity of certain mapping programs such as Google Earth, it would be nice to provide specific coordinates for travellers. - Cybjorg 06:28, 14 March 2006 (EST)

Yes, I think it would also help with making our own maps. We're including coordinates in the listing templates, see Wikitravel talk:Using Mediawiki templates for details. --Evan 09:06, 14 March 2006 (EST)

[edit] Microformats

Please consider including the Geo microformat. All it needs is:

<div class="geo">  <!-- or span, or some other container, such as <P> -->
 <abbr class="latitude" title="37.408183">N 37° 24.491</abbr> 
 <abbr class="longitude" title="-122.13855">W 122° 08.313</abbr>
</div>

I hope that Wikitravel:Microformats will be useful. Thank you. Andy Mabbett 16:06, 25 November 2006 (EST)

[edit] Displaying coordinates on page

Note how Wikipedia displays co-ordinates on page (e.g in the top-right of [1]) and links the to a powerful mapping service. Andy Mabbett 07:08, 9 December 2006 (EST)

[edit] converting into a right format

It would great to supply detailed recommendations on how to convert format like '31°29'52.52"N 9°45'49.79"W' into 31.5..; 9.7... -- both for degree-minute-second part, and for west-east/north-south: what is + and what is -. --DenisYurkin 07:07, 1 February 2008 (EST)

Done as a draft: Wikitravel:Geocoding#Converting from traditional format. Please welcome to improve it further. --DenisYurkin 04:58, 6 February 2008 (EST)

Check out http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/DDDMMSS-decimal.html. 80.202.112.184 13:58, 15 February 2008 (EST)