[OSM-talk] Map tag in Wikipedia

[Ed Loach]

Hi Lars,

> The OSM wiki has a <map> tag that looks like this:
> <map lat=63 lon=16.5 z=5 w=360 h=720 />
> 
> In the page [[WikiProject Sweden]], this shows a 360x720 pixel
> image based on zoom 5 map tiles centered around 63° N 16.5° E.
> 
> Is this a user-friendly way to put a map in a wiki page?  Would
> normal users understand the z= parameter, or should the
> parameters
> be designed some other way?

Funnily enough I've just been amending some wiki pages which used the old <map> syntax where z= or zoom= where allowed; the new syntax only supports z=.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Simple_image_MediaWiki_Extension

> Could the editing be made interactive, so that the user can see
> the map on the edit page and zoom and pan, and when pressing
> the
> "save" button the new coordinates are saved?  This would take
> out
> the hard work for "numerically challenged" contributors.

Not quite what you're after, but there is also 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Slippy_Map_MediaWiki_Extension
which is very similar to map, but allows viewers to drag and zoom.

Ed