Maps on the Web

The ~1.2 million coordinates referenced on English Wikipedia.

by jalgroy:

Data source: https://dumps.wikimedia.org/

Tool used: grep, sed, awk etc. to extract, convert and format the coordinates. Python with matplotlib basemap to plot them.

I downloaded all of english wikipedia and extracted the coordinates referenced using the coord template. There are a few inconstencies in how the template is used, but I believe I have managed to account for >95% of of the coordinates. I then plotted them on a black background, revealing this world map!

Here are some of the other language wikis:

• German (455 154 coordinates)
• Dutch (214 783 coordinates)
• French (80 640 coordinates)
• Spanish (74 973 coordinates)
• Swedish (211 884 coordinates) as requested by /u/Coedwig

And yes, feel free to link me the population map XKCD.

(Source: reddit.com)