[OSM-talk] Wikipedia & canvec/geobase import

[MP]

>> what about having a pop-up bubble on features, where the default shows
>> the osm wiki page discribing the feature.
>> (ie, if your hovering over an unnamed school, the osm article for
>> 'school' would be shown. If it was labled, the official school website
>> would be shown?

That would depend on application using the maps, whether the
application will somehow link to OSM wiki, copy the description from
there or provide their own. I think we should provide description only
to objects that are unusual or somewhat different from standard (like
unusually small/large snowshack, etc ...)

Maybe we could have database where key would be name of the feature
(like highway=residential) and language (like "en") and as a value
there would be some nice human-readable description including perhaps
some link(s) to wikipedia, etc ...

Well, sometimes in the database, combination of keys could be used
(amenity=parking + parking=underground would have different
description than amenity=parking + parking=surface)

We now have something like that for mappers (like
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dparking) but we could
have similar descriptions also for "end users".

We could use perhaps another namespace in wiki for that.

> I suggest we include a Sketchup link for structures that are in the
> Google Sketchup 3D Warehouse. There is not yet even a tag for sketchup
> that I am aware of but it would be a 'bridge' between OSM and a
> project where structures are described in great detail. Note that
> Google's terms of service make it clear that they don't own the
> resulting models but do prohibit end-users from distributing the
> content of the 3D Warehouse content within 'mapping or geographic
> applications'. To my mind distributing a link to a model is ok,
> distributing the model is not.

Hmm ... such link would be of very limited use, due to the "not
aggregate in a mapping or geographic application" clause. Isn't there
any similar service with less restrictive policies? If there is any,
we can perhaps start convincing authors in 3D warehouse to upload
their models also there :)

Martin

> "end users may not aggregate the Content obtained from the 3D
> Warehouse for redistribution, and may not use or distribute Content
> obtained from the 3D Warehouse in a mapping or geographic application
> or service without Google’s prior authorization"
> http://www.google.com/intl/en/sketchup/3dwh/tos.html
>
> The level of detail in Google Sketchup is impressive and there are
> many 'projects' around the world:
> http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/