Commons:Locator-tool

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Locator-tool
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Locator-tool is a tool which helps geocoding existing images, i.e., to add {{Location}} or {{Object location}} information to images on Wikimedia Commons.

The tool has been developed by Simon04 (talk), and is located at WMF Toolforge – locator-tool.

Gadget[edit]

Appearance in toolbox

In order to get the locator tool added to your toolbox, enable the Locator-tool gadget in your gadget preferences.

Tutorial[edit]

1. Navigate to WMF Toolforge – locator-tool, or, when you've activated the gadget, click on Locator-tool in toolbox. Locator-tool guide step 01.png
2. Sign in using the button on the upper right corner.
3. Allow the locator-tool to edit existing pages. This is needed to automatically insert the {{Location}} or {{Object location}} information. Locator-tool guide step 02.png
4. Click Select files and either provide a list of files to geocode or specify a category to fetch files from that. Locator-tool guide step 04.png
5. Click load … to geolocate.
6. By default the list displays files lacking a {{Location}} information. Select one by clicking it.
If this file already has {{Object location}} assigned, the object location field will be filled with included coordinates.
Locator-tool guide step 05.png
7. Select its location in the map. For object location press additionally the  Shift key. Locator-tool guide step 06.png
8. Click the green button on right side of the according input field. If you want to clear added coordinates, press the x button to the left instead. Locator-tool guide step 07.png
9. The location of camera or object will be saved. To convince yourself view the history of the file description page. Locator-tool guide step 08.png
In step 5, you can alternatively click "show … on map" in order to display all files on the map. This helps to spot files with incorrect/inaccurate coordinates. Locator-tool map.png

Translate[edit]

Please help to translate locator-tool to your language: https://www.transifex.com/locator-tool/locator-tool/

Changelog[edit]

  • 2020-06-30: Migrate to toolforge
  • 2019-05-17: Round coordinates to 5 digits [2017-01-09]
  • 2018-11-01: Migrate source code to TypeScript
  • 2018-03-11: Fetch {{Object location}} via GeoData; separate icons for {{Location}}/{{Object location}}
  • 2018-03-11: Support fetching more than 500 user files
  • 2018-02-02: Migrate frontend to Bootstrap version 4
  • 2018-01-01: Display locator-tool build version in About page
  • 2017-12-25: ↓/↑ keys select next/previous image
  • 2017-06-07: Parse file list from HTML clipboard content (select images on Wikipedia pages, copy selection, paste selection to file list)
  • 2017-06-05: Support limit/start/end for user files
  • 2017-06-05: Display image categories as badges
  • 2017-05-23: The locator-tool got its own icon: Locator-tool icon.svg
  • 2017-05-21: Image previews can be enlarged
  • 2017-05-20: Locator-tool is an official gadget
  • 2017-05-20: Markers can be dragged now
  • 2017-05-14: Show a map of all selected images with coordinates
  • 2017-02-26: Copy & paste of coordinates
  • 2017-01-09: Support for {{Object location}} added
  • 2016-12-31: French user language added
  • 2016-12-20: German user language added
  • 2016-05-18: First version (support for editing {{Location}})