[OSM-dev] start of the wikipedia import into open streetmap

[Russ Nelson]

On Jul 18, 2009, at 6:18 AM, jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com wrote:
>
> I would like to be able to at least find the towns that are not in osm
> and put them on a list of places to add.
> The same with the historical monuments. We have one gps that i
> sponsored and are getting another from drlizau, so we can send someone
> to go there if we know they are missing.
> That should be  fair use of the wikipedia.

Yes, because the only information in Wikipedia which is in question is  
the exact lat/lon pairs.  If there isn't already a matching POI of the  
expected type in OSM, then make a list and send people out to get the  
location.  I'm guessing that just one guy could do it for the whole  
country in about six months.

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