Editing Incubator escapee wiki:WikiProject Geographical coordinates (section)

=== Export multiple coordinates ===
[[tools:~para/cgi-bin/kmlexport|Kmlexport]] tool: Pages marked with multiple coordinates or categories of articles with coordinates can be exported as [[Keyhole Markup Language|KML]] (for use in Google Earth, for example). This tool and some alternatives can be found on clicking the coordinates or by applying the {{tl|GeoGroup}} template on a page.

The Kmlexport can be used directly or through Google Maps; see for example [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://toolserver.org/~para/cgi-bin/kmlexport?article=Colmar_Pocket Colmar Pocket] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://toolserver.org/~para/cgi-bin/kmlexport?article=Category:Capitals_in_Europe Category:Capitals in Europe]. Export from articles is real-time, export from categories is based on stored extractions (may be several weeks old).

KML may be converted in other formats, suitable as [[Point of interest|Points of Interest]] (POI) for [[Global Positioning System|GPS]] systems.

Other sources:
* [http://www.wikitude.org Wikitude] provides coordinates as KML or [[TomTom]] POI format.

====Coordinates search tool====
[[tools:~dispenser/cgi-bin/geosearch.py]] allows for regular expression searching on the GeoHack links in the external links table. This has the advantages of near real time information and powerful pattern matching. The following are some example queries created as a demonstration of the flexibility of the system.

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