[OSM-talk] osm maps on wikipedia - discussion

Yves yvecai at gmail.com
Thu Apr 28 21:22:56 UTC 2016


Concerning borders,  Wikipedia could have a different  way of dealing  with disputed  territories,  and OSM way of handling things may or may not be appropriate. 
Yves

Le 28 avril 2016 22:38:37 GMT+02:00, Clifford Snow <clifford at snowandsnow.us> a écrit :
>Simone,
>I'm not a Wikimedia user but maybe you could clarify a question for me.
>Under the con's is the statement "in many cases OpenStreetMap's
>territorial
>borders are bad or outdated" Where does this opinion come from? Please
>understand that I'm not necessarily disagreeing, but it seems to be a
>broad
>generalization.
>
>One of the Pro arguments might be "If the map data is wrong, you can
>fix
>it."
>
>
>On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 4:19 AM, Simone Cortesi <simone at cortesi.com>
>wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> currently being discussed on mediawiki is the future of maps soon to
>> be added to wikipedia.
>>
>> page:
>>
>https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Maps/Conversation_about_interactive_map_use
>>
>> talk page:
>>
>https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Maps/Conversation_about_interactive_map_use
>>
>> I would ask you to have a look at it and respond by adding your
>> opinion to the pages.
>>
>> It is a great chance to have your say on the maps that will be seen
>on
>> one of the most visited websites in the world.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> S.
>>
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