Re: How might interactive maps be used on Wikipedia?

So, no mobile support as yet? Your example map was a big blank spot in
mobile mode.

When I did click through for the "desktop" version of the page, the map
displayed the same thoroughly annoying behavior as all these maps do when I
encounter them. That is, when I tried to scroll the page, I wound up
scrolling the map instead.

I have never found interactive maps to be particularly useful anyplace I've
found them throughout the web. They're too small and limited in
functionality; when I've been given the option, I've usually clicked
through to get a regular Google Maps page.

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Elias Friedman A.S., CCEMT-P
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On May 2, 2016 5:24 PM, "Chris Koerner" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> The Maps team at the Wikimedia Foundation is getting closer to make it
> possible to add interactive maps <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Maps> to
> Wikipedia. If you've ever used services like Google Maps or Mapquest you
> may be familiar with interactive maps. We’d like to invite editors to have
> a conversation on how these maps might be used within articles. We've put
> together information on how these maps and their style works from a
> technical perspective
> <
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Maps/Conversation_about_interactive_map_use
> >
> – where the data comes from, how maps are styled, how to add an interactive
> map, and a few example use cases.
>
>
> In particular we would like to focus the discussion around three key
> questions (open discussion outside these questions is welcome too).
>
>
> * What types of articles would use interactive maps?
>
> * How do these articles differ in their requirements?
>
> * Are there any classes of articles whose map styling requirement is
> fundamentally in conflict with other article classes, thus requiring
> multiple styles?
>
> If you are interested, please visit
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Maps/Conversation_about_interactive_map_use
> to learn more and get involved.
> --
> Yours,
> Chris Koerner
> Community Liaison - Discovery
> Wikimedia Foundation
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