Commons talk:Geocoding

Moving shots?

How should I geocode videos where the camera and/or subject moves during recording? Such media has a dimension of time and therefore there's more than one location associated. Do I geocode the location of recording start, or do I make the geocode imprecise enough to cover the entire recording area? Rose Abrams (talk) 14:04, 14 October 2025 (UTC)

OpenStreetMap has data items describing linear things like roads and rivers but I'm pretty sure we have nothing like that. So yes, either one or the other of those, and maybe an Object Location template for an interesting landmark along the way, seems to be the choice. Jim.henderson (talk) 12:01, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

When it comes to categories, one could add a category about the overall area as well as specific notable spots that the video displays well/extensively and if it exists a category for the route if the route is for example a railway. I have no experience adding this template to files but it would be useful if one could specify start point and end point separately as well as any intermediate notable points where one could specify what those points are (could be notable spots or notable in the context of the video such as the next place filmed). Prototyperspective (talk) 23:47, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

I see. Perhaps we should tag these files with something to ensure it comes across to both humans and machines that the location varies, named something like {{Location variable}} or such. Rose Abrams (talk) 07:13, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

I've made a proposal of how this could look like at {{Location variable/sandbox}}. Rose Abrams (talk) 07:24, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

Maybe put it on Commons:Village pump/Proposals or another place will people will come across the discussion. Prototyperspective (talk) 14:40, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

 Done, let's see what the wider community thinks of it. Rose Abrams (talk) 13:50, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

We already have Category:Views from vehicles so maybe we need subCategory:Videos from moving vehicles. Jim.henderson (talk) 12:30, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

There already is Category:Videos made out from trains in motion and Category:Photographs taken from moving vehicles where I have doubts about the latter since a photo from a vehicle in motion can look exactly the same as if it stood still and there's little value to categorize by that even though the likelihood of it being high-quality is lower. Prototyperspective (talk) 14:20, 29 October 2025 (UTC)