[OHM] Fwd: [Maps-l] (Re-)introducing Wikimaps

[Tim Alder]

Hello, I forward this mail from the Wikimedia maps-list, because I 
believe it could be interesting to use commons for scans of historic, 
geocoded maps.

Greetings Kolossos

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Betreff: 	[Maps-l] (Re-)introducing Wikimaps
Datum: 	Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:50:52 +0400
Von: 	Susanna Ånäs <susanna.anas at wikimedia.fi>
Antwort an: 	Map integration <maps-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
An: 	maps-l at lists.wikimedia.org



Hi Everyone!

My name is Susanna Ånäs and I am active in the Finnish Wikimedia. We
have a cooperation project going with the Finnish National Archives with
their historical maps and this has given us the opportunity to look anew
at the Wikimaps environment.
http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikiprojekti_Historialliset_kartat/In_english

Wikimaps was introduced as a concept by Maarten Dammers
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Multichill/Wikimaps. The idea is
to combine environments in Wikimedia to form a maps environment for
scanned (historical) maps. I introduced the idea at GLAM-Wiki in London
and I have my presentation slides on Sideshare at
http://www.slideshare.net/susannaanas/glam-wiki-wikimaps.

A test environment is planned to be put up for testing for the Amsterdam
Hackathon, more info to follow. Let's put up a Wikimaps page in
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wikimaps and gather material
there (Feel free to start, I have not yet had the time :)

Please let's discuss the project on this list!

Nice to know all of you!

Best regards,
Susanna
User:Susannaanas


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