[OSM-talk] Wikipedia POI import?

[Paul Johnson]

Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> Adam Schreiber wrote:
>> We don't know where the wikipedia users sourced their cooridinates from.
> 
> Oh yes we do: Google Maps.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Obtaining_geographic_coordinates#Google_tools
> 
> There is absolutely no way that Wikipedia-derived co-ordinates are suitable
> for mass import into OSM.

I know a lot of the wikipedia landmarks for Salem are good because I
created them...



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