User:Bjohas/OSMgadget

= A Mediawiki gadget to pull in OSM data. =

This mediawiki gadget adds an unattractive box below the sitenotice, that may or may not display related information from httpː//www.openstreetmap.org. It looks like thisː



How it works
The gadget facilitates making new links between wikipedia and OpenStreeMap by displaying the result of an OSM search for wikidata and title. If nothing is found, you can use a direct link to OSM to try and spot the object manually.

It works in two steps
 * On load, the script fetches the coords/WD from the wiki page, and offers an OSM/JOSM link for the bounding box.
 * It then asynchronously does an overpass search based on wiki title (search OSM for "wikipedia=") and WD (search OSM for "wikidata="). If a match is found, the OSM/JOSM links are replaced by edit/load links for the found OSM object. If several matches are found, additional links to those objects are appended.

The script added link texts that explain what the links do - hover over a link to see them.

Report an issue
Report an issue hereː User_talk:Bjohas/OSMgadget or here https://github.com/bjohas/OSM-Wikipedia-Monkey/issues

Code

 * See https://github.com/bjohas/OSM-Wikipedia-Monkey for first version (see ).
 * Current code: User:Bjohas/common.js
 * Ideas for improvement

Installation
To install this script, go to the wikipedia on which you want to run it, and then go to "USERPAGE/common.js", e.g. this is my USERPAGE/common.js on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bjohas/common.js. You page will be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SOMEBODY/common.js.

Copy this text to the page: /* Code available at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Bjohas/common.js Documentation available at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Bjohas/OSMgadget mw.loader.load("//www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Bjohas/common.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript"); (Strictly speaking you don't need the comment, but it helps others find the script.) You'll need to do this on each wikipedia where you want to use it.

Related

 * https://osm.wikidata.link/ - a tool for creating links (used by the gadget)
 * en:Module:OSM (by en:User:Polyglot) - a module to perform searches and insert search results into wikipedia pages. The main difference is that the OSMgadget is installed by yourself, and once installed it's active on all pages that you visit. It's thus good for running a 'campaign' to create a set of new links between wikipedia and OSM. The Module:OSM needs to be embedded into a page, to show output from searches. It's thus ideal for making the Wikipedia-OSM links permanently visible for all users.
 * Wikidata can also accommodate OSM tags, see e.g. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33506