Kudos. Great work!
On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 2:11 AM, Yuri Astrakhan <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
