User:MarkS/Geographical coordinates

I have been adding a geographic coordinates to a number of articles. This page contains quick links to information I use when adding the links.

Mapping Software

 * 1) Google Earth - OK at times, but rather low res to be of use outside major cities
 * 2) Windows Live Local - Resolution often better than Google earth, much better street maps
 * 3) Yahoo maps beta - Nice interface
 * 4) [Google Maps|http://maps.google.com/maps]

Templates for adding coordinates
Note: I may add coordinates to foreign language wikipedias (partly to be nice to everybody else and partly to ensure all Wikipedia's have the same coordiantes. However, I only add foreign languages links to if I know where to add them.


 * English
 * Dutch: Top of the page
 * German: Just above categories.

Wikipedia Links

 * WikiProject_Geographical_coordinates
 * ISO_3166-1 - Country codes for the region parameter