OpenStreetMap

Mapping Wikipedia

Posted by SCSpaeth on 13 July 2016 in English.

Mapbox recently released changes to the iD map editor that connects features to Wikipedia entries: https://www.mapbox.com/blog/id-wikidata/ Mapbox programmers decided to focus on core strength and allow Wikipedia to keep the details up-to-date.

Since the Angle Tree Stone building is on the map and the Angle Tree Stone has a Wikipedia entry, I decided to test the new feature. It took some searching to find the control for adding a Wikipedia entry because it is in a long list that is partially hidden in the interface. Once I found the control, it was easy to add the required information.

When I inspected the additions, I did not find them at first because they are sensitive to the degree of zooming. When I found the Building, Path, and Access Road, they appeared as expected. But when I tried to connect to the Wikipedia entry about the monument, I could not connect. Does it take time to rebuild the databases for this kind of information?

Location: North Attleborough, Bristol County, Massachusetts, 02760, United States

Discussion

Comment from woodpeck on 17 July 2016 at 23:06

Depends on where you inspected the additions. The OSM web map is quick to update but doesn’t have clickable links to any URLs for fear of being abused for link spam. Other maps or apps might enable such linking but may only update from snapshots.

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