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== Usage == | == Usage == | ||
Posters are available from the following URL: | Posters are available from the following URL: | ||
| − | <nowiki>http:// | + | <nowiki>http://geo.crox.net/poster/[date]_[lat]_[lon]</nowiki> |
| − | eg for today's hash in 46,6, got to [http:// | + | eg for today's hash in 46,6, got to [http://geo.crox.net/poster/{{CURRENTYEAR}}-{{CURRENTMONTH}}-{{CURRENTDAY2}}_46_6 http://geo.crox.net/poster/{{CURRENTYEAR}}-{{CURRENTMONTH}}-{{CURRENTDAY2}}_46_6] |
Minimal globalhash support is also available: | Minimal globalhash support is also available: | ||
| − | <nowiki>http:// | + | <nowiki>http://geo.crox.net/poster/[date]_global</nowiki> |
| − | eg for today's globalhash, go to [http:// | + | eg for today's globalhash, go to [http://geo.crox.net/poster/{{CURRENTYEAR}}-{{CURRENTMONTH}}-{{CURRENTDAY2}}_global http://geo.crox.net/poster/{{CURRENTYEAR}}-{{CURRENTMONTH}}-{{CURRENTDAY2}}_global] |
| − | => Basically, just use the same address as the expedition page, but replace the hostname and path by <nowiki>http:// | + | => Basically, just use the same address as the expedition page, but replace the hostname and path by <nowiki>http://geo.crox.net/poster/</nowiki>. The syntax that was used by Active Geohasher is also supported (with / as separator instead of a space/underscore). |
From an expedition page, you can link to the poster like this: | From an expedition page, you can link to the poster like this: | ||
| − | <nowiki>[http:// | + | <nowiki>[http://geo.crox.net/poster/{{FULLPAGENAME}} Poster for this expedition]</nowiki> |
The [[wikipedia:QR code|QR code]] will link to the corresponding expedition page. You are encouraged to put some sort of welcome message for people who would visit the page after having found the poster in the wild. This can be achieved for instance by adding the [[Template:Advert|"Advert" template]] to the top of the expedition page and it's talk page: | The [[wikipedia:QR code|QR code]] will link to the corresponding expedition page. You are encouraged to put some sort of welcome message for people who would visit the page after having found the poster in the wild. This can be achieved for instance by adding the [[Template:Advert|"Advert" template]] to the top of the expedition page and it's talk page: | ||
Revision as of 21:31, 6 May 2013
Geohashing Poster Tool
Since I had made my first poster/marker, I had planned to automate the task. For a while, PDF posters were available from the Active Geohasher website, but as of May 2013 it has been down ("Offline for Maintenance") for several months. So I relaunched the project from scratch, and here is the result.
Usage
Posters are available from the following URL:
http://geo.crox.net/poster/[date]_[lat]_[lon]
eg for today's hash in 46,6, got to http://geo.crox.net/poster/2024-11-27_46_6
Minimal globalhash support is also available:
http://geo.crox.net/poster/[date]_global
eg for today's globalhash, go to http://geo.crox.net/poster/2024-11-27_global
=> Basically, just use the same address as the expedition page, but replace the hostname and path by http://geo.crox.net/poster/. The syntax that was used by Active Geohasher is also supported (with / as separator instead of a space/underscore).
From an expedition page, you can link to the poster like this:
[http://geo.crox.net/poster/{{FULLPAGENAME}} Poster for this expedition]
The QR code will link to the corresponding expedition page. You are encouraged to put some sort of welcome message for people who would visit the page after having found the poster in the wild. This can be achieved for instance by adding the "Advert" template to the top of the expedition page and it's talk page:
{{Advert}}
This will add the following banner to the expedition page (and a slightly different one to the talk page):
| Have you seen our geohashing marker? We'd love to hear from you! Click here to say "hi" and tell us what you've seen!
Curious about what geohashing is? Read more! |
Credits
The tool builds upon work made by others, as well as several online services:
- Active Geohasher as general source of inspiration
- GeoHashing logo based on Dawidi's work
- DJIA info from geo.crox.net
- Reverse geocoding location info from OpenStreetMap, GeoNames and Google (the tool tries to get the best match, and shows which source was used on the right of the poster)
- Aerial imagery / maps from Google
- Customized comic by Hugo
Feedback
Your feedback and suggestions are more than welcome! Please use the talk page.
