Joe, thanks for heeding community's wish to have better maps, and delivering, all within the short span of ~3.5 months. Very impressive achievement! How can the community encourage WMF to do more map work beyond the June deadline, similar to how foundation continues to work on improving search, Visual Editor, and other tools? Thanks!
On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 1:33 AM Joe Matazzoni <[email protected]> wrote: > As of today, interactive (Kartographer) maps no longer display in the > language of the territory mapped; instead, you’ll read them in the content > language of the wiki where they appear—or in the language their authors > specify (subject to availability of multilingual data). In addition, > mapframe, the feature that automatically embeds dynamic maps right on a > wiki page, is now live on most Wikipedias that lacked the feature. (Not > included in the mapframe launch are nine Wikipedias [1] that use the > stricter version of Flagged Revisions). > > If you you’re new to mapframe, this Kartographer help page [2] shows how > to get started putting dynamic maps on your pages. If you’d like to read > more about map internationalization: this Special Update [3] explains the > feature and its limiations; this post [4] and this one [5] describe the > uses of the new parameter, lang=”xx”, which lets you specify a map’s > language. And here are some example maps [6] to illustrate the new > capabilities. > > These features could not have been created without the generous > programming contributions and advice of our many map-loving volunteers, > including Yurik, Framawiki, Naveenpf, TheDJ, Milu92, Astirlin, Evad37, > Pigsonthewing, Mike Peel, Eran Roz, Gareth and Abbe98. My apologies to > anyone I’ve missed. > > The Map Improvements 2018 [7] project wraps up at the end of June, so > please give internationalized maps and mapframe a try soon and give us your > feedback on the project talk page [8]. We’re listening. > > [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T191583 > [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:Kartographer > [3] > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Map_improvements_2018#April_18,_2018,_Special_Update_on_Map_Internationalization > [4] > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Map_improvements_2018#April_25,_2018,_You_can_now_try_out_internationalization_(on_testwiki) > [5] > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Map_improvements_2018#April_26,_2018:_OSM_name_data_quirks_and_the_uses_of_lang=%E2%80%9Clocal%E2%80%9D > [6] https://test2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_internationalization_examples > [7] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Map_improvements_2018 > [8] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Map_improvements_2018 > _____________________ > > Joe Matazzoni > Product Manager, Collaboration > Wikimedia Foundation, San Francisco > > "Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge." > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
