[OSM-dev] Linking wikipedia and osm

[Eugene Alvin Villar]

On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 11:39 AM, amrit karmacharya <amrit.im at gmail.com>wrote:

> Thank you for the explanation.
>
> If i understand it correctly, only adding the wikipedia tag to OSM object
> is not enough. I have to add the {{Coord}} template in the article as well.
> This adds a bit of complexity as i will have to calculate the centroid for
> the {{Coord}} template. Am i correct?
>

Yes, you need to add the {{Coord}} template.

You don't really need to calculate the centroid.  Just an estimate is OK
and you really don't want to be overly precise with the coordinates as
stated here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Geographical_coordinates#Precision
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