User talk:Goutam1962

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Geocode location is wrong! No, this one is correct.[edit]

I thank you for your good work in pointing out this problem in many pictures. However, for one file, File:André Schürrle Chelsea vs AS-Roma 10AUG2013.jpg you applied the tag after I had made the correction. It's not a very bad problem but would you like to describe the way you decide where to put the tag? Jim.henderson (talk) 02:19, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

@Jim.henderson: Thanks for appreciation and pointing out this one.I think this is a problem of software.My workflow is 1.Open Google Earth

2 see images from commons

3. If it seems location is wrong

4. Check the description minutely

5 After confirmation put the tag.


In this case it was still showing in Tibet in place of Washington DC in Google Earth. On that particular day I was working on Tibet. Hope you understood the problem. Regards.

Goutam1962 (talk) 16:45, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

This was only twomiles out. Seems pretty good to me! Thincat (talk) 00:20, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

@Thincat: In Himalaya two miles matters very much. I will correct the location. Thanks.

Goutam1962 (talk) 09:47, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

I do something similar, but less regularly.

  1. Find, in unrelated studies, a picture whose words say New York, Maryland etc, but whose coords say Central Asia.
  2. Google Earth to coords to assure it's wrong.
  3. See a few nearby roundels in Asian mountains.
  4. If the pictures show green cropped grass, or tall glass buildings, spend half a minute pondering other evidence.
  5. Reverse the +- sign.
  6. Revisit GE to see whether that gave a plausible position.

Your more methodical procedure is perhaps a bit safer, so I restrict myself to fairly familiar places. You could also add a step to see if the coords indeed point at Asia, but false positives like this are pretty rare and don't upset us old cat wranglers. Nice to know your methods; keep up the good work. Jim.henderson (talk) 00:41, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

I will include '# Reverse the +- sign.' wherever applicable,thanks for ur suggestions.

Goutam1962 (talk) 09:47, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

The Airplane House[edit]

Hi there. I fixed the geolocation for this image. The plane must have been removed recently, but that was its location. Cheers. Magnolia677 (talk) 08:44, 26 May 2018 (UTC)