Check out the new {{Attached KML}} template on en.wp
Example use:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_NationThe WikiMiniAtlas (blue ball next to the coordinate link) already supports display of such vector overlays. The discussion around the template can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Geographical_coordinates#Methods_for_map_links_for_linear_features_.26_outlines I am about to run a bot that would attach KML county outlines to all US county articles. A similar bot is being developed by User:The Anome for al US highways. On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 5:20 AM, Josh Doe <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm very interested in using the Maps extension, but I'd like to > overlay a vector layer, e.g. to show the extents of a park, city, etc. > Has anyone considered adding such support to the extension? I'm also > interested in a lightweight alternative to OpenLayers, namely Leaflet > [0]. Also check out the new Leaflet Vector Layers [1]. > > I suppose the biggest question is where should the vector data come > from. For simple polygons with a few dozen points it could be passed > in directly. With Vector Layers you can pull data from GeoCommons [2] > and other databases easily. > > -Josh > > [0]: http://leaflet.cloudmade.com/ > [1]: http://geojason.info/leaflet-vector-layers/ > [2]: http://geocommons.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Maps-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/maps-l _______________________________________________ Maps-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/maps-l
