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| − | There are two main Extension modules that support mapping in MediaWiki: Kartographer by the Wikimedia Foundation [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Kartographer], which is used on Wikipedia, etc., and the third-party "Maps" extension [https://maps.extension.wiki/wiki/Maps_for_MediaWiki | + | There are two main Extension modules that support mapping in MediaWiki: Kartographer by the Wikimedia Foundation [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Kartographer], which is used on Wikipedia, etc., and the third-party "Maps" extension [https://maps.extension.wiki/wiki/Maps_for_MediaWiki]. |
Kartographer has much more advanced functionality but it is coded to work with the Wikimedia Foundation tile server, which has recently been closed to third-party access due to unsustainable usage [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/maps-l/2020-August/001729.html]. There is an open ticket for developers to make this configurable using OpenStreetMap tile server syntax [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T259868]. For the time being I have activated the Maps extension on this wiki, however it would be appropriate to anticipate implementing Kartographer once it is supported. | Kartographer has much more advanced functionality but it is coded to work with the Wikimedia Foundation tile server, which has recently been closed to third-party access due to unsustainable usage [https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/maps-l/2020-August/001729.html]. There is an open ticket for developers to make this configurable using OpenStreetMap tile server syntax [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T259868]. For the time being I have activated the Maps extension on this wiki, however it would be appropriate to anticipate implementing Kartographer once it is supported. | ||
