[OSM-talk] Adding maps to wikipedia articles

2008-02-13 Thread David Ebling
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

Re: [OSM-talk] Adding maps to wikipedia articles

2008-02-13 Thread Gervase Markham
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

Re: [OSM-talk] Adding maps to wikipedia articles

2008-02-12 Thread Andy Robinson (blackadder)
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

Re: [OSM-talk] Adding maps to wikipedia articles

2008-02-12 Thread Gervase Markham
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

Re: [OSM-talk] Adding maps to wikipedia articles

2008-02-12 Thread Richard Fairhurst
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

Re: [OSM-talk] Adding maps to wikipedia articles

2008-02-12 Thread Martin Trautmann
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