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* [http://www.tierrawiki.org/wiki/ TerraWiki]
* [http://www.tierrawiki.org/wiki/ TerraWiki]
**See above
**See above
== successes==
*Wikitravel
**All articles on places, e.g. [http://wikitravel.org/en/Birmingham_%28England%29 Wikitravel guide to Birmingham, England]
**See also [http://wikitravel.org/en/Wikitravel:Microformats Wikitravel:Microformats]
**achieved 2006-12-13, per [http://wikitravel.org/shared/Tech:Add_SpecialMap_using_Mapstraction_link_for_geo-tagged_pages_and_for_single_listings] see, for example, [http://wikitravel.org/en/Birmingham_%28England%29 Wikitravel guide to Birmingham, England] [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
*[http://www.poi66.com/ POI66]
**Requested by e-mail, 2007-03-23 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
**over '''58,500''' waypoints geo-formatted, in under 4 hours from initial contact!
*[http://www.geograph.org.uk Geograph British Isles]
**Requested by feedback form, 2007-03-26 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
** over '''370,000''' examples, within 30 minutes of request being submitted!
*[http://www.addressfix.com/ AddressFix]
**Requested via feedback form, 2007-01-26 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
**valid postal addresses/ places converted, within one day of request being submitted.
*Wikipedia
**Wikipedia-EN
***Articles on places, e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Barr Wikipedia - Great Barr] (roll-out ongoing)  2007-03
****Many broken; now using hidden metadata, 2007-09-03
***'''All''' map link pages linked to from the same, e.g. [http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/geo/geohack.php?params=52.548_N_1.932_W_ maps for Wikipedia-EN article on Great Barr]  2007-03
***See also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Microformats WikiProject Microformats]
**Wikipedia-DE
***'''All''' map link pages  e.g. [http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/geo/geohack.php?language=de&params=52_28_47_N_1_53_51_W_type:city_region:GB maps for Wikipedia-DE article on Birmingham]
**Wikipedia-NL
***'''All''' map link pages  e.g. [http://www.nsesoftware.nl/wiki/maps.asp?params=52_28_47_N_1_53_51_W_type:city_region:GB&src=Birmingham_%28Engeland%29 maps for Wikipedia-NL article on Birmingham]
**GIS-Wiki's "[http://www.giswiki.org/hjl_get_CoorE.htm hjl_getCoor]" now outputs Geo markup, from a Google Maps API.
*[http://gc.kls2.com/ Great Circle Mapper] ("GCM"; e.g. [http://tinyurl.com/yugscj sample GCM trip], [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/BHX BHX on GCM])
**Requested by e-mail, 2007-06-21 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
**{{SuccessMarker}} Confirmed in use, 2007-06-23
*[http://www.sharemyroutes.com/ Share My Routes] (e.g. [http://www.sharemyroutes.com/routes/United-Kingdom/dales/Yorkshire-3-peaks/details.aspx])
**Requested by feedback form, 2007-09-04 [[User:AndyMabbett|Andy Mabbett]]
**{{SuccessMarker}} Confirmed in use, 2008-02-05


== rejections ==
== rejections ==

Revision as of 22:56, 21 August 2008

geo advocacy

Part of the larger microformats advocacy effort. Adding "Geo" markup (inside hCard where appropriate) to these sites would improve their usability and ambient findability.

various

Also:

routes and tracks

Sites which currently offer downloadable routes or tracks (as KML, GPX or similar files) could also offer a "view on-line" option, with the coordinates listed on a web page, marked-up with Geo (and hCard) microformats, which could then be parsed with whatever tool the user chooses.:

successes

rejections

  • geocaching.com
    • Requested via feedback form, 2007-01-27 Andy Mabbett
    • "The true benefit of this appears to be allowing sharing between sites [this] is something that GC specifically guards against so would be a major detriment. And most importantly when discussing a site or piece of software that is running smoothly, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. There just does not seem to be a benefit to GC's current plans." 2007-04-02

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