⚓ T64572 Media Viewer and location map overlays

Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
Declined	Feature	None	T64572 Media Viewer and location map overlays
Resolved		TheDJ	T120809 Generate location maps dynamically, producing actual images
Resolved		SBisson	T112948 All map location names should be in the user's language
Resolved		Pnorman	T187592 Add name_ column to style queries
Invalid		None	T187593 Populate localized names in maps DB
Invalid		None	T187595 Implement a language selection processing step for vector tiles
Resolved		SBisson	T187596 Kartotherian should accept (and propagate) a language parameter for tiles
Resolved		Mooeypoo	T187598 Pass MW user language to Kartotherian from Kartographer
Resolved		Mooeypoo	T187599 Implement fallback handling in Kartotherian's language selection
Declined		None	T187288 maps.wikimedia.org copyright attribution should be translated
Resolved		Mooeypoo	T192701 Create an optimized language-fallback system for Maps internationalization based on investigations
Resolved		SBisson	T192662 name:<local name code> is not always available in OSM
Resolved		MaxSem	T138029 Enable maps on Commons

• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Needs Triage.Nov 22 2014, 3:03 AM

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Keegan created this task.Mar 12 2014, 7:25 PM

I would say wait for T77269: Make it easy to modify which thumbnails are included in the viewer and the wontfix it. Full-screen overlay maps would not be terribly interesting, even if they were displayed properly; displaying them properly would mean showing two images on top of each other, which is a lot of work to do in a robust way (it took a long time to make the resizing, switching, preloading etc. of the image bug-free, now all that would have to be done again), and the whole thing would be very enwiki-specific, which is generally something to avoid.

If card #294 gets implemented (which is straightforward), site admins can just blacklist the overlay maps so that the lightbox does not open when clicking on them. That's a bit inconsistent UX-wise, but probably unavoidable, there are even more evil images (like the maps which display text and markers via absolute CSS positioning) which we definitely want to blacklist.

• Gilles triaged this task as Low priority.Nov 24 2014, 2:48 PM

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Jdforrester-WMF moved this task from Untriaged to Backlog on the Multimedia board.Sep 4 2015, 6:11 PM

Mass-removing the Multimedia tag from MediaViewer tasks, as this is now being worked on by the Reading department, not Editing's Multimedia team.

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Per above, I don't think this can realistically be supported. Such images should be migrated to Maps (Kartographer) instead.

Templates generating such things, can output the class noviewer, to avoid a confusing situation.

matmarex mentioned this in T169507: Fix vector map visualisations once the user clicks them on an article (red dot and label missing).Jul 3 2017, 9:43 PM

Dbrant merged a task: T190000: [BUG] Red dot shows on the map image does not show on the map image when it's in the Gallery mode..Mar 19 2018, 2:44 PM

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Tgr mentioned this in T176739: Map marker is misplaced when loading from PCS.Mar 27 2019, 3:53 PM

TheDJ closed subtask T120809: Generate location maps dynamically, producing actual images as Resolved.Apr 12 2020, 2:36 PM

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Aklapper merged a task: T278968: Point marked in map vanishes if map is enlarged.Apr 1 2021, 10:32 AM

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Aklapper merged a task: T169507: Fix vector map visualisations once the user clicks them on an article (red dot and label missing).Nov 7 2021, 11:38 AM

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For anyone interested in an on-wiki solution, huwiki has a gadget (JS, CSS) that enlarges location maps as expected. It has quite some burnt-in Hungarian strings, which need localization, but it can be used as a starting point.

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Aklapper mentioned this in T278968: Point marked in map vanishes if map is enlarged.Feb 22 2023, 3:32 PM

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