GeoRSS might be an even better format to work with, since it's can refer to each Wikipedia article in a well defined chunk (an RSS item or Atom entry)
Placeopedia, a similar effort from mySociety, offers GeoRSS [http://www.placeopedia.com/data/]
It's also should be noted that the copyright status of these geotagged pages is not clear. Most all of the Wikipedia geotagged pages (and all of Placeopedia)
are derived works of Google Maps .. ie the location is derived from navigating through Google Maps data. Who owns the resulting geotags ..
Google, their data providers, or the users?
-Mikel
Placeopedia, a similar effort from mySociety, offers GeoRSS [http://www.placeopedia.com/data/]
It's also should be noted that the copyright status of these geotagged pages is not clear. Most all of the Wikipedia geotagged pages (and all of Placeopedia)
are derived works of Google Maps .. ie the location is derived from navigating through Google Maps data. Who owns the resulting geotags ..
Google, their data providers, or the users?
-Mikel
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From: Ian Forrester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 1, 2006 10:33:52 AM
Subject: RE: [backstage] Wikipedia Latt/Longs
From: Ian Forrester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 1, 2006 10:33:52 AM
Subject: RE: [backstage] Wikipedia Latt/Longs
Wow
that's a awesome find!
Good
stuff, but I would have thought the KML file would be easier to work on because
its simply XML right?
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Subject: [backstage] Wikipedia Latt/LongsWhat a goldmine - all the latt/longs extracted from Wikipedia and compiled into a CSV.J________________________________________________Jason CartwrightClient Side Developer - CBBC InteractiveDesk: (0208 57) 59487Mobile: 07976500729"Recreate the world in your own image and make it better for your having been here" - Ray Bradbury
