I have a list of Wikimedia URL’s that I would like to obtain location information for. I am trying to use the Wikimedia Commons web API to get that information, and I’m encountering some failures I can not make sense of. Ideally I would like to obtain information such as country, region, city, etc. however if GPS coordinates are all that I can get that would serve as a starting point
>From what I’m reading in the documentation, when someone requests coordinates, >they can also try to request region and country, however, for the queries I’m >submitting I”m only getting back just the coordinates. For example, if I >submit this query: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&format=json&prop=coordinates&coprop=country|region&titles=Category:Eiffel_Tower All that is returned for coordinates is: "coordinates": [ { "lat": 48.858296, "lon": 2.294479, "primary": "" } ] Also, if I submit a similar query for a category like Nilkheimer Park I do not get any coordinate information even though the web page for that category can at least say the park is located in Germany. I’m wondering if there is a different kind of query someone can use other than coordinates that might provide that kind of information. _______________________________________________ Mediawiki-api mailing list -- mediawiki-api@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send an email to mediawiki-api-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
