[OHM] OHM Tasking Manager on OHM Servers

[Susanna Ånäs]

Hi

I have missed the link to the original maps, could you share it again if
they are online. It could be a possibility to go through the process
step-by-step publicly, in a FB group or similar (Wikimaps + Historical maps
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikimaps/), if the materials fit Wikimedia
Commons.

Susanna

2015-12-02 20:44 GMT+02:00 Steven Johnson <sejohnson8 at gmail.com>:

> Hello all,
>
> Tim, thanks for the explanation, as well as your efforts to make this
> work. Also, the links to the GWToolkit and wikimaps are quite useful.
> Presumably, we could try out the process and see how it fits within the
> workflow.
>
> I'll defer to Sanjay, but I would guess that the copyright issues should
> be negligible. These are old maps that have been in the public domain for
> yonks. What I do wonder about is the amount of resources that will be
> required to enter metadata for each map.
>
> Best,
>
>
>
> -- SEJ
> -- twitter: @geomantic
> -- skype: sejohnson8
>
> "Wretches, utter wretches, keep your hands off beans!" - v.141, *On
> Nature, *Empedocles
>
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 7:20 AM, Tim Waters <chippy2005 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Sanjay
>>
>> On 30 November 2015 at 20:49, Sanjay Seth <sanjay at rpa.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> The Wikimedia Warper that Tim Waters and others are working on has an
>>> integration with OHM and will enable batch uploading, which is excellent.
>>> This project will require georeferencing 175 maps just for the New York
>>> metropolitan area – so, streamlining that process is much appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>> This is progressing, although the batch upload facility will not be added
>> to Mapwarper.net currently. The code is open sourced though.
>>
>> So to be able to use the maps within the wikimaps warper you would need
>> to ensure the maps are suitable for adding to Wikimedia Commons. This would
>> be a two step process.
>> Firstly, you would need to (and correct me if I'm wrong, wiki people!)
>> ensure that the maps are either out of copyright, public domain or CC0, CC
>> etc.
>>
>> Secondly also ensuring that each Map has all the necessary metadata
>> associated with it in Commons (scale, dates, author, publishing data,
>> etc).
>>
>> So an institution would need to first import their images with metadata
>> into Commons first. There is something called the Glam Wiki Toolkit
>> (GWToolkit) which is available for use for importing a load of images - and
>> I think there would be options for adding the necessary map template, too.
>>
>> There's more information about wikimaps here:
>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wikimaps
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>
>
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