[OSM-talk] Adding maps to wikipedia articles
Andy Robinson (blackadder) wrote: Would there be a way to trigger automatic regeneration of maps? Perhaps on a monthly basis or something. Wasn't the hyperlink invented to solve this sort of problem? :-) Instead of putting up map graphics, why not just have a map link? Less pretty? Gerv Isn't there a way of making the actual map tiles from the tile server show up on wikipedia? Whether it's a type of slippy map or just a tile or four, is this feasible? Would it put too much load on the tile server? Dave ___ Support the World Aids Awareness campaign this month with Yahoo! For Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/ ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Adding maps to wikipedia articles
David Ebling wrote: Isn't there a way of making the actual map tiles from the tile server show up on wikipedia? Whether it's a type of slippy map or just a tile or four, is this feasible? Would it put too much load on the tile server? Well this would mean the maps could only begin or end on tile boundaries and, considering the incredible amount of traffic Wikipedia serves, yes, I strongly suspect it would flatten the tile server. Gerv ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Adding maps to wikipedia articles
OJ W wrote: Sent: 11 February 2008 10:39 PM To: talk@openstreetmap.org Subject: [OSM-talk] Adding maps to wikipedia articles Just looking at an idea for adding maps to wikipedia articles... Starting with a list of towns that we have reasonably-well mapped, such as: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Towns_in_Surrey we can download each of the wiki pages and look for geotags in them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_OpenStreetMap/OJW_list_n otes Once we know where the town is, we can either render a map of it, or create an SVG map, or create a template with some new mediawiki extension[1]. In this example, I just downloaded (automatically, of course) an image from [EMAIL PROTECTED], and uploaded it to wikimedia commons: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:OpenStreetMap_render_Banstead.png Once a map is available, we don't necessarily want to force it onto the wikipedia article just yet. But we can leave a message on the talk page saying that a map is available, showing what it looks like, and giving instructions how to use it in the article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ashford%2C_Surrey There is some software available which can do all of the above: http://trac.openstreetmap.org/browser/applications/rendering/forWikipedia/w ikipediaMaps.pl so now the debate could be: do we want to? regards, OJW [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Collaboration_with_Wikipedia I think it would be great to have OSM mapping more widely distributed, however I'd be concerned that if this is a static process maps could end up on wikipedia which are constantly out of date because they are very much work in progress. Would there be a way to trigger automatic regeneration of maps? Perhaps on a monthly basis or something. Cheers Andy ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Adding maps to wikipedia articles
Andy Robinson (blackadder) wrote: Would there be a way to trigger automatic regeneration of maps? Perhaps on a monthly basis or something. Wasn't the hyperlink invented to solve this sort of problem? :-) Instead of putting up map graphics, why not just have a map link? Less pretty? Gerv ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Adding maps to wikipedia articles
Martin Trautmann wrote: OJ W wrote: Just looking at an idea for adding maps to wikipedia articles... I suppose this is not possible, due to license issues!? It's certainly possible. It's a Collective Work (or whatever similar term you want to use). Plenty of Wikipedia articles are illustrated with CC-BY-SA or other non-GFDL images. cheers Richard ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] Adding maps to wikipedia articles
OJ W wrote: Just looking at an idea for adding maps to wikipedia articles... I suppose this is not possible, due to license issues!? - Martin ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
