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{{#geocode}} parser function doesn't parse GPS coordinates
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Author: mediawiki-bugzilla

Description:
As reported on the discussion page of the Semantic Maps extension (see URL, Jeroen is aware of the bug, this bug report is so that I can keep track of the bug):

The {{#geocode}} parser function doesn't acknowledge that this is a correct input format:

N 51° 09.167 E 004° 58.484

When I use it unaltered together with {{#display_address}} or {{#display_addresses}} then it works, however. I just can't get {{#geocode}} to accept it and thus I can't save it as geographic data for SMW. Thus I am unable to build queries with Semantic Maps that display the pages on a map. How come that these GPS coordinates are not valid inputs for {{#geocode}} and how can I fix this?

Version: unspecified
Severity: normal
URL: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:Semantic_Maps#GPS_coordinates_are_no_Geographic_Coordinates.3F

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Event Timeline

• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Lowest.Nov 21 2014, 10:50 PM
• bzimport added a project: MediaWiki-extensions-Maps.
• bzimport set Reference to bz21036.
• bzimport created this task.Oct 7 2009, 12:58 PM
• bzimport added a comment.Mar 18 2010, 6:24 AM

mediawiki-bugzilla wrote:

I see that this bug is now assigned. Since we have been talking about the different formats like DMS ("Degrees, Minutes, Seconds"), DM (Decimal Minutes) and so on, I asked the guy who runs http://boulter.com/gps/ about his code, who has a very reliable parser that takes almost everything. He released his code for it at http://github.com/boulter/GPS-Coordinate-Parser - have a look, it might be of help to you.

JeroenDeDauw added a comment.Apr 14 2010, 12:59 PM

Maps 0.6 will suport passing coordinates to #geocode. However, the GPS coordinates type will not be supported. The supported ones are DMS, DD, DM and floats, both directional and non-directional.

I might later on add the GPS format though.

JeroenDeDauw added a comment.Jun 9 2010, 12:12 PM

The architecture of 0.6 allows for this to be added pretty easily, but there is no demand except for this bug, so wontfix for now.

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