Hi Jason!
> On 24 Apr 2015, at 8:30 am, Jason J. Evans <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I would be grateful for some advise on the following matter. The NLW is
> interested in uploading a large Tithe Map (1840's map of a whole town) to
> Commons. The map has already been Geo- referenced at multiple points. Would
> it be possible to import that Geo referencing data into Commons?
>
> Will commons except a .geotiff file? or can the data be imported in some
> other way. The file will be close to the 1GB upload limit (manual uploader)
> in size and will be High Resolution.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jason
The Commons used to have a system for using a KML file to georeference an image
using the {{overlay}} template, but the WMF Lab tool it depends on appears to
be down. I’ve left a message with the developer [1]. You can read more about
the way the system is supposed to work at
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Geocoding/Overlay
cheers,
Gaurav
[1]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Dschwen&diff=158615335&oldid=158371446
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