GeoCommons on Wikimedia Commons - Google Maps

GeoCommons on Wikimedia Commons

Google Earth with placemarks from Commons (open thumbnail to see)

Google Earth with a placemark open

Number of geocoded images on Commons

GeoCommons is a project to show geocoded images from Wikimedia Commons in Google Earth.

The images are plotted as icons so as not to obscure the ground view, and open up on a mouse click. If the heading parameter is provided in the tag, the icon points to the direction of the camera's viewpoint.

Installation Load GeoCommons.kml in Google Earth and start browsing! The file is only a pointer to the database, so it doesn't have to be reloaded for new data. If you don't have the Google Earth program yet, a free download is available here . (Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Mac OS X, Linux)

The images can also be browsed on Google Maps, but the thumbnails are smaller and placemarks less accurate.

Functionality

When the GeoCommons layer is active, the program sends its viewpoint coordinates to GeoCommons on the toolserver whenever the user moves around in Google Earth. GeoCommons finds the images in that view from a spatial R-tree database and returns a compressed response to the Google Earth program. The response currently contains at most 100 points, making sure the "best of Commons" is included. The criteria for choosing the images is currently their featured, quality image and picture of the day status. The database updates follow the toolserver replication lag.

How can I help?

• Upload your photos to Commons
• Geocode existing photos (see category gallery)
• Refine geocoding of inaccurately placed images (see list)
• Watch recent geocoding changes to monitor the quality

Similar projects

Wikipedia World - Geocoded Wikipedia articles or images from articles in Google Earth

WikiMiniAtlas on Commons - Geocoded Commons images displayed on a Javascript map

All Panoramio photos KML

Geograph British Isles KML

Flickr (through another site) KML

For more information about geocoding in Wikimedia Projects, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates and Commons:Geocoding.

Credits

• GeoCommons by Para
• Dynamic Google Earth implementation based on Wikipedia World by Kolossos
• Database dump parser based on parsecommonsdump.pl by Dschwen

Note! This project is in no way affiliated with GEOCOMMONS from FortiusOne.

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GeoCommons

Wikimedia Commons geocoded images http://toolserver.org/~para/GeoCommons/ Photos Photos Skinny Formule 1 Skyscraper, Auckland I Asian Orchid In Auckland Harbour I Auckland CBD, The Fort Street Area Auckland Quay Near Ferry Terminal Night Britomart Outside Facade Britomart Precinct In Downtown Auckland Celebrity Millennium Seen In Auckland 01 Celebrity Millennium Seen In Auckland 02 Dawn Princess At Auckland Quay I Dawn Princess At Auckland Quay II Dredge In Auckland's Port Shipping Lane I Dredge In Auckland's Port Shipping Lane II Ferry Terminal And Queens Wharf Foodtown, Auckland Central from other side of Quay Street Foodtown, Auckland Central grocery aisles Jean Batten Building Facade Rising Again I Jean Batten Building Western Facade Scaffold Lumley Centre Seen From The Vero Centre Office Block And Hostel Auckland Older Houses In Britomart Auckland CBD Passer domesticus -Auckland, New Zealand -male-8 Pricewaterhouse And Copthorne Rainbow Warrior At Princes Wharf Shed 10 Queens Wharf Ports of Auckland Statue On Queen Street Swanson Street Superflyte Manoeuvring Near Ferry Terminal Tugboats Tied Up In Ports Of Auckland Vero Centre And Other Skyscrapers I Vero Centre And Other Skyscrapers II Volendam In The Auckland Harbour I Volendam In The Auckland Harbour II

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