User talk:Mey2008/archive2013

Geo tags
Hi, and thank you for your great work in getting us maps! A question: why did you remove the scale tags from the geo template ? I used scale tags so that the entire district would display in OpenStreetMap. --Peter Talk 20:15, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I only read Template:Geo documentation and Geocoding. I found nothing about this tag. I thought this was a relict from WT. Sorry, I will revert it all. -- Mey2008 (talk) 09:47, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Generating POIs directly from listings
You wrote that the "Newest version of PoiMap generates POI direct from listing." How can we do that? Could you implement the changes to the :en templates so we can do that here? --Peter Talk 20:20, 14 March 2013 (UTC)


 * The current version can read only the listing of the Russian language version . Unfortunately, I can not develop new versions currently. The traffic to Wikivoyage eV server was blocked. I can reach the whole Internet - just not Wikivoyage files. Example Wikivoyage, Example WT . I ask for your patience and hope the administrators of WV-eV will fix it. - Mey2008 (talk) 08:46, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Yesterday, the errors will be corrected. I will transfer the scripts in the next few days to the wikivoyage-ev.org server. Then I'll try to revise the scripts to make them more flexible in order to read more different listings. - Joachim Mey2008 (talk) 11:03, 28 March 2013 (UTC) + google translate.

poimapru.php
Hi, great work on the maps and listings so far. Would love to get it working as soon as possible. Is there somewhere to view the source of poimapru.php? Also, is voyage.bplaced.net your site or a general experiment? Thanks. -- Torty3 (talk) 13:19, 27 March 2013 (UTC)


 * I second the request, for the whole source code in general :-) That would be very nice to integrate, and add features. Cheers! Nicolas1981 (talk) 09:52, 28 March 2013 (UTC)


 * I'm currently working on the source codes. Comments, etc. Not all of the scripts work properly on the new server (php.ini, access rights). Please give me a few more days for a response. -- Grüße! Joachim Mey2008 (talk) 15:46, 28 March 2013 (UTC) + google translator

Thanks!
Thanks for adding the bicycle bus image to the Tips for cycle trips page. --Keithonearth (talk) 17:40, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. - Bike buses are very popular for family tours with children and grandparents (see photo). Difficult parts of the routes or a rainy afternoon can be easily "clever curving around". But costs about 4 euros extra per bike/day. -- Grüße! Joachim Mey2008 (talk) 18:59, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

see, buy vs. listing template
Hi! There is an ongoing discussion on replacing tags with the listing template, which brings us closer to the massive implementation of your maps. However, people are concerned about typing "type=" field in each template and want to create individual templates like see, buy, etc. I think that your comment is needed. Would it be possible to read the name of the template instead of reading the "type=" field? I know it is painful to have different syntax on different projects, but I think that ru: is flexible enough to switch to multiple templates, provided that en: starts using them extensively. --Alexander (talk) 17:49, 6 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Hello, I would clearly prefer the template:Listing as in the Russian language version. The script PoiMap2 evaluates {{Poi| and {{Listing| and also {{Gps| soon. More time and effort I would not spend to this. If en.WV would have individual templates for each type of listing, then they may additionally use the template:Poi. - Joachim Mey2008 (talk) 13:59, 7 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi, the template:listing would be much easier, but looks like the rest are pretty firm on simplifying the template. I assume you're using PHP to call the API, and would suggest inserting this one line (not quite tested) before parsing the rest of the string. -- torty3 (talk) 04:08, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

$string = '{{see|name=Foo|address = Bar'; // example string where $string is the text returned by the API

$string = preg_replace("/{{(see|do|buy|eat|drink|sleep)/", "{{listing|type=$1", $string); // replace {{see with {{listing|type=see


 * @ torty3, thank you for the brilliant tip. I tested it successfully.

 "Green-light" for all variants of listings. Thanks a lot. -- Joachim Mey2008 (talk) 14:11, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

Rheinsteig
Really like the map addition. Just attempted to add an image to a listing but for some reason not the whole name of the file comes through. Any ideas? --Traveler100 (talk) 18:21, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Got it, thanks for the film link. --Traveler100 (talk) 18:38, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

Travemünde
Grüezi Joachim/Mey2008,

Vielen Dank für deine Mithilfe Travemünde zu verbessern. ich würde gerne den Artikel als Starartikel nominieren, dafür benötige ich aber noch eine gute Karte. Wie ich gesehen habe, hast Du damit Erfahrung. Wärst Du bereit eine dynamic map für Travemünde zu erstellen? Dann hääte ich mit der star nomination eine gute Chance. Merci et än schöne Obe, jan (talk) 20:11, 9 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Hallo jan, ich habe mal eine dynamische Karte in den Artikel eingebaut. Leider ist die ganze Sache noch verbesserungswürdig und auch noch nicht allgemein frei gegeben. Unter anderem sollen noch die Icongröße und der Urheberrechtshinweis an des kleine Kartenfenster im Artikel angepasst werden. Weiterhin muss auch die Erweiterung der Listings durch anklickbare Marker noch freigegeben werden. Ich habe deshalb mal zwei Listings entsprechend abgeändert und mit dem Vorlagenentwurf in der Sandbox verbunden. Nach Freigabe müsste das dann wieder rückgängig gemacht werden. Außerdem könnte noch die Stadtgrenze aus GPX-Daten dargestellt werden. Aber nur als einfache blaue Linie [Beispiel]. Auch die GPX-Erweiterung ist noch ganz neu und noch nicht fertig. -- Grüße -- Joachim Mey2008 (talk) 06:26, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Grüezi Joachim, vielen Dank! Mir gefällt die Karte sehr gut. Ich habe keine Ahnung was GPX-Daten sind, betreffend der Listings schaue ich es mir genauer an. Gruss, jan (talk) 07:16, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

Images in listings
Hey Mey, I've been adding images to listings of Bangkok/Rattanakosin, but whatever I do, I can't get it to work on the map. All images show up like broken ones. I see you put some code like "a/aa" to make it work, but I have no clue what to put there. Can you explain me how to make it work? Globe-trotter (talk) 08:26, 25 July 2013 (UTC)
 * The program 'dynamic maps' runs as a standalone application outside of the wiki. The file name of an image, therefore, is not enough. So let show the image on Commons. Click on 'Use this file' (on the web). The parameter 'File URL:' displays the full URL. Only the part n/nn/ is necessary. -- Joachim Mey2008 (talk) 08:50, 25 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Globe-trotter (talk) 19:15, 26 July 2013 (UTC)

Childs
Hi, Mey2008. I have concerns about your recent changes to Childs. I have started a discussion at Wikivoyage talk:Listings; your input there is welcome. LtPowers (talk) 14:07, 4 August 2013 (UTC)

URLs
Hey, can I ask why you made [//en.wikivoyage.org/w/index.php?title=Finger_Lakes_Apple_Country&diff=2375352&oldid=2289869 this edit]? There was nothing wrong with the URL before, so I'm not sure what you were trying to 'fix'... but now the link is no longer protocol-relative. LtPowers (talk) 13:47, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Just change it, if you think that it's important. -- Mey2008 (talk) 14:32, 8 August 2013 (UTC) (gähn)
 * I'm just asking a question. I don't make it a habit to go around reverting edits just because I don't understand why they were made.  Presumably you thought it was important to make the edit, so I wanted to ask why before simply undoing your work.  LtPowers (talk) 17:45, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
 * That meant no harm. You can still change it if you think it is important. - Greetings from sunny Germany - Joachim Mey2008 (talk) 20:51, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Sorry to jump in, but with external sites it's probably best to avoid relative protocols. If linking to a Wikimedia site we can assume a user on https wants to stay on https, but if linking to external sites we can't really guarantee that https will be available in the future & that the SSL certificate won't expire, so unless it's a truly secure site (such as a reservation-booking site) then defaulting to http: would make sense. -- Ryan &bull; (talk) &bull; 22:04, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Hmm, perhaps I've been doing it wrong. I'll raise the issue at Wikivoyage talk:External links.  LtPowers (talk) 23:07, 8 August 2013 (UTC)