Help:Geocoding

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Geocoding is a process of converting an address to a set of coordinates (latitude, longitude). Thanks to Google, we now also have access to what they call "Local Search", which translates keywords and place names into addresses. This is what is referred to as geocoding here.

Use

Why geocode? Obviously, to describe locations. In the context of this wiki, everything is a page. Everything that has a place associated with it is also a page. To provide the geographic information for a page, you should use the Place Template on the page. However, filling in the template (especially the Latitude and Longitude values) is tedious, which is where our Geocoder service comes in. It's easy to use: search for places, and copy the code it produces to the wiki.

To reiterate, to geocode a page:

• Use the Geocoder and get a filled in Place Template
• Put that code onto a page

Queries

Soon we will be building maps with geocoded pages as placemarks. This is not available yet. However, each geocoded page will try to have:

 
    [[Category:Place]]
    [[City::...]]
    [[Region::...]]
    [[Country::...]]
    [[Geocode::latitude, longitude]]
  

These can be used in semantic queries (see Help:Semantics).