Talk:Arrondissements of Haiti
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Location of some Arrondissements of Haiti on Google Maps using the option to "Explore an area through geographically based Wikipedia articles"
editI was reading something about Mumbai, India and went to Google Maps to get an idea of the location. Ever since I discovered I could learn more about an area by turning on the option to display Wikipedia articles for a geographic location in Google Maps, I almost always turn it on when looking an area up. I've gotten to where the articles I find interesting are the ones that appear to just be out in the ocean. I noticed some of those off the west coast of India in the Arabian Sea as I looked up the location in Mumbai. I was a bit surprised when I saw a number of French place names, since I knew India had a VERY strong British history. As I clicked on them, I noticed that many of them referred to places in Haiti. So I opened the full articles and saw why they were appearing in the Arabian Sea. The coordinates all had the longitude listed as x° y' y" EAST rather than the correct x° y' z" WEST. So I went through all of the arrondissements and checked them to make sure they were properly listed as West not East on their longitude. The list of URLs for the places I changed is:
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Borgne_Arrondissement
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Dessalines_Arrondissement
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Marmelade_Arrondissement
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Saint-Marc_Arrondissement
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Cerca-la-Source_Arrondissement
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Hinche_Arrondissement
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Lascahobas_Arrondissement
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Anse_d%27Hainault_Arrondissement
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Corail_Arrondissement
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Anse-%C3%A0-Veau_Arrondissement
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Mirago%C3%A2ne_Arrondissement
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Acul-du-Nord_Arrondissement (also added Communes of Haiti table)
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Grande-Rivi%C3%A8re-du-Nord_Arrondissement
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Limb%C3%A9_Arrondissement
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Plaissance_Arrondissement
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Fort-Libert%C3%A9_Arrondissement
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Trou-du-Nord_Arrondissement
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Valli%C3%A8res_Arrondissement (also added Communes of Haiti table)
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/M%C3%B4le-Saint-Nicolas_Arrondissement
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Port-de-Paix_Arrondissement
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Saint-Louis_du_Nord_Arrondissement
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Croix-des-Bouquets_Arrondissement
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/L%C3%A9og%C3%A2ne_Arrondissement
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Port-au-Prince_Arrondissement
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Bainet_Arrondissement
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Les_Cayes_Arrondissement
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Chardonni%C3%A8res_Arrondissement
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/C%C3%B4teaux_Arrondissement
Also fixed the following place names in Haiti
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Rivi%C3%A8re_de_l%E2%80%99Est%C3%A8re
- http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Battle_of_Estrelleta
On two of them, The Vallières and Acul-de-Nord Arrondissemens were also missing the table with the list of "Departments, arrondissements and communes of Haiti" so I added that to those two articles to make them like the rest of the articles. These are all stubs, but still I thought having the proper coordinates would be a good idea. I even have an animated graphic I made showing how they looked in the Arabian Sea. So far, despite the changes I made, these places are still showing up off the west coast of India with the Wikipedia article option of Google Maps turned on. WayneyP (talk) 01:05, 24 July 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by WayneyP (talk • contribs) 00:54, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
I finished the animated graphic I made showing the screen shot of the issue but since it is from Google, I am unsure about posting it here. It's a screen cap showing what I am talking about above. If I'm reading the Google terms correctly, then using the screen cap is ok. But just to be completely safe, I will just post the link so that if you're interested in seeing what I mean, you can look at it. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-S1YagLnG-MU/Ue9IdyZ-OAI/AAAAAAAABN8/HnWXhe5XRfE/s512/Animation1.png WayneyP (talk) 03:44, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
