Editing Incubator escapee wiki:WikiProject Geographical coordinates (section)

==See also==
;Articles of interest
* [[:Coordinate system]], a system that uses numbers to uniquely determine position
* [[:Geoinformation]], created by manipulating geographic (or spatial) data (generally known by the abbreviation geodata) in a computerized system
* [[Geocaching]]
* [[:Geotagging]], a process of adding geographical identification metadata to various media
* [[:ISO 6709]], standard representation of latitude, longitude and altitude for geographic point locations
* [[:LOC record]], a means for expressing geographic location information for a domain name

;Wikipedia project pages of interest
* [[Wikipedia:Categorization of location|Categorization of location]], proposal to generate lists of articles about nearby locations from a given Wikipedia article
* [[Wikipedia:Coordinate-referenced map templates|Coordinate-referenced map templates]], inactive guideline proposal for using coordinate-referenced map templates to generate maps in Wikipedia articles
* [[Wikipedia:Geographic references|Geographic references]], a list of sources used in the creation of encyclopedia articles on various geographic topics and locations
* [[Wikipedia:Geonotice|Geonotice]], location targeted messages using geocoordiates to announce upcoming Wikipedia meetups and local events
* [[Wikipedia:How to add geocodes to articles|How to add geocodes to articles]], a short guide to how to add geographic coordinate tags to Wikipedia articles
* [[User:EncMstr/Coord|How to add geocodes to articles by User:EncMstr]], EncMstr's guide on how to enter coordinate data using {{tlx|coord}}
* [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Geographical coordinates|MoS Geographical coordinates]], Official style guideline on geographical coordinates
* [[:Help:Mobile access|Mobile access]], How to use a mobile phone to search for geotagged Wikipedia articles near your current location
* [[Wikipedia:Obtaining geographic coordinates|Obtaining geographic coordinates]], listing various ways on how to obtain geographic coordinates for use in an article.
* [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/WPPlaces#Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates|Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/WPPlaces]], Version 1.0 Editorial Team contact results with WikiProject Geographical coordinates
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps/Source materials|WikiProject Maps/Source materials]], list of free maps for use in creating geographical maps for Wikipedia.

;Other
* [[Commons:Commons:Geocoding]]
* [[meta:Geographical data]]
* [[meta:WikiGPS]]
* [[meta:Wikipediatlas]]
* [[meta:WikiProjects Geographical coordinates]]
* [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2005-March/015851.html Wikitech-l Extensions for handling geographical coordinates]

;Templates
* [[Template:Coor Maidenhead]] (displays geographical coordinates as [[Maidenhead Locator System|Maidenhead grid squares]])
* [[Template:Canada NTS Grid]] (displays designator for [[National Topographic System]] map sheet containing specified geographical coordinates)
* [[Template:Sky]] (the same idea for astronomical objects)

;Wikimedia and OpenStreetMap
* Announcement http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2009-April/042483.html
* [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-04-06/Interactive maps|Signpost/2009-04-06/Interactive maps]], "a new initiative is underway to make OpenStreetMap available as interactive maps within Wikipedia"
* [[mw:Project:Developer meet-up 2009/Notes/Mapping]]
* [[m:OpenStreetMap]], [[m:Talk:OpenStreetMap]]
* Maps-l: [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/maps-l/ Archives], [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/maps-l/{{CURRENTYEAR}}-{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}/date.html Current month]
** [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Collaboration_with_Wikipedia wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Collaboration with Wikipedia]

;Bots used in this project
* [[Wikipedia talk:Bot Approvals Group/Archive 7#Clarification for User:The Anomebot2 activities|User:The Anomebot2]] geo tagging

; WikiProject Geographical coordinates in the News
* [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-06-02/Dispatches|Signpost/2008-06-02]], in [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Geographical coordinates|MoS geographical coordinates]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_%28dates_and_numbers%29&diff=213665425&oldid=213594423 This] section was restored with an edit summary to see [[WP:GEO]].
* [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-09-14/News and notes|Signpost/2009-09-14]], "Another milestone was reached in the English Wikipedia, with more than 500,000 articles now providing geographic coordinates based on the {{tl|coord}} template, according to the [http://toolserver.org/~jarry/templatecount/index.php template transclusion counter]. WikiProject Geographical coordinates, however, knows of at least another 169,000 articles which ideally should have coordinates; these are listed in the category tree [[:Category:Articles missing geocoordinate data by country]]. See [[Wikipedia:How to add geocodes to articles]] for more information. "
* [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2010-03-22/In the news|Signpost/2010-03-22]],New commercial Wikipedia iPhone app "Nearby" provides a map with links to [[WP:GEO|geotagged]] Wikipedia articles in the vicinity.
* [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2010-05-03/News and notes|Signpost/2010-05-03]], "The Wikimedia Foundation has updated the official "Wikipedia Mobile" iPhone app, [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-08-24/Technology report#Wikipedia iPhone app|first released in August 2009]]. New features include an improved layout, bookmarkable articles, and plotting geolocated articles near to the user's location on a map. The app is a [http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wikipedia-mobile/id324715238 free download] from the App Store."
* [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2010-11-01/News and notes|Signpost/2010-11-01]], "One million geocoordinates: Last week, the number of geographical coordinates on the English Wikipedia<!--mainspace--> [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Geographical coordinates#1 million milestone|surpassed one million]], in around 620,000 articles. At the same time, around 180,000 articles were [[:Category:All articles needing coordinates|marked as needing coordinates]] (which would correspond to a completion rate of 78% if no more geocodable articles were added). In September 2009, the milestone of half a million articles with geocoordinates had been reached (see [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-09-14/News and notes#Milestones|''Signpost'' coverage]]). In related news, links to display interactive [[OpenStreetMap]] maps within articles were recently enabled by default on the German and Norwegian (Bokmål/Rikmål) Wikipedias (to see an example, click "Karte" on the top right of [[:de:Berlin]]), the fruit of a collaboration that had been begun last year, supported by the German Wikimedia chapter (see [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-04-06/Interactive maps|''Signpost'' coverage]])."