[Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Slack

[Rihards]

On 2016.03.30. 10:40, Shawn K. Quinn wrote:
> On Wed, 2016-03-30 at 10:36 +0300, Rihards wrote:
>> this might be a bit of a clash of "why are we mapping" reasons.
>> for some people means are not important.
>> for others, osm is one bit in a more open, collaborating world.
>>
>> osm using slack is like wikipedia using google maps. because they are
>> more shiny, you know. and probably work better on iphones.
>
> Last I checked, Wikipedia is usually linking coordinates to Geohack
> which in turn allows the user to select the mapping service of his/her
> choice. One of which, not surprisingly, happens to be OSM.

yes, but the in-page map popup uses osm data - 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiMiniAtlas

(see the small globe with the downward arrow next to the coordinates in 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin )
-- 
  Rihards