Hi I have missed the link to the original maps, could you share it again if they are online. It could be a possibility to go through the process step-by-step publicly, in a FB group or similar (Wikimaps + Historical maps https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikimaps/), if the materials fit Wikimedia Commons.
Susanna 2015-12-02 20:44 GMT+02:00 Steven Johnson <[email protected]>: > Hello all, > > Tim, thanks for the explanation, as well as your efforts to make this > work. Also, the links to the GWToolkit and wikimaps are quite useful. > Presumably, we could try out the process and see how it fits within the > workflow. > > I'll defer to Sanjay, but I would guess that the copyright issues should > be negligible. These are old maps that have been in the public domain for > yonks. What I do wonder about is the amount of resources that will be > required to enter metadata for each map. > > Best, > > > > -- SEJ > -- twitter: @geomantic > -- skype: sejohnson8 > > "Wretches, utter wretches, keep your hands off beans!" - v.141, *On > Nature, *Empedocles > > On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 7:20 AM, Tim Waters <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Sanjay >> >> On 30 November 2015 at 20:49, Sanjay Seth <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> The Wikimedia Warper that Tim Waters and others are working on has an >>> integration with OHM and will enable batch uploading, which is excellent. >>> This project will require georeferencing 175 maps just for the New York >>> metropolitan area – so, streamlining that process is much appreciated. >>> >>> >> This is progressing, although the batch upload facility will not be added >> to Mapwarper.net currently. The code is open sourced though. >> >> So to be able to use the maps within the wikimaps warper you would need >> to ensure the maps are suitable for adding to Wikimedia Commons. This would >> be a two step process. >> Firstly, you would need to (and correct me if I'm wrong, wiki people!) >> ensure that the maps are either out of copyright, public domain or CC0, CC >> etc. >> >> Secondly also ensuring that each Map has all the necessary metadata >> associated with it in Commons (scale, dates, author, publishing data, >> etc). >> >> So an institution would need to first import their images with metadata >> into Commons first. There is something called the Glam Wiki Toolkit >> (GWToolkit) which is available for use for importing a load of images - and >> I think there would be options for adding the necessary map template, too. >> >> There's more information about wikimaps here: >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wikimaps >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Tim >> >> >
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