[OHM] Wikimaps

[Susanna Ånäs]

Hi Jeff,

I think this is exactly how things need to be done, these two project need
to grow together.

We are starting drafting the project in
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wikimaps. Please feel free to add
to it!

Looking forward to what this will turn into!

Susanna


2013/4/17 Jeff Meyer <jeff at gwhat.org>

> Hi Susanna -
>
> This sounds like a great project!
>
> Much of what you're describing sounds similar to the workflow we're
> thinking about here on the OHM list - digitize & georeference old maps, and
> then translate that data into OSM-style vector information for rendering of
> historic-based tiles, give t, x, y, and z.
>
> Have you given any thought to using OHM as a part of your workflow? If
> not, how could we make it appealing and usable for your goals?
>
> - Jeff
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Susanna Ånäs <susanna.anas at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 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 http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Amsterdam_Hackathon_2013, more
>> info to follow. We'll 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 :)
>>
>> Join the discussion about the project on maps-l at lists.wikimedia.org list!
>>
>> Nice to know all of you!
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Susanna Ånäs
>> User:Susannaanas
>>
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