Lately I've been building a photo collection that's referenced to
"linked data" terms, which, for the most part, correspond to pages in
wikipedia.
I've developed some other sites based on a process that uses flickr
and paid crowdsourcing, but I was having trouble with people who
thought that the NYSE was the "American Stock Exchange" -- so I got the
idea of building a database of reference images from wikipedia +
commons... That turned into a bigger project than I expected, and I
figured that I might as well (a) put those images in my collection, and
(b) develop my import system to the fullest extent.
Right now,
http://ookaboo.com/
is a photo-geo mashup that combines photos from Wikimedia Commons
with maps from Open Street Maps. Although it's not hard to find
coordinates that are off, it provides a really fun browsing interface.
We're working on improving the browsing interface, doing data
cleaning and such -- for at least the six months, I think we'll still
primarily getting images from Commons, but we eventually expect to
restart an improved version of our old pipeline, as well as allowing
volunteers to contribute content. I hope that there's a day that
Commons will be getting images from Ookaboo rather than the other way
around.
Any thoughts?
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