This problem can elegantly be solved as a layer on the output e.g. a
hyperlink / ballon on web based map.
OSM only need to indicate which nodes already has wikipedia entries
and what their identifiers are. Then we can prevent duplicates from
being rendered.
I suspect the most likely explanation
Frederik Ramm wrote:
Well no matter where they came from, being Wikipedia they're
GNU FDL and if we incorporated them we'd have to switch to GNU FDL as
well, at least that's how I read virulent licenses.
Wikipedia are working with the FSF to make the FDL compatible with
CC-BY-SA 3. I expect
On 08/01/2008, Richard Fairhurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
while i was looking up some info on wikipedia [1], i noticed that a
lot of pages have a lat/lon value to describe their location; this
strikes me as something we could use to increase the amount of data in
OSM
These are almost
Robin Paulson wrote:
[co-ordinates on Wikipedia]
On 08/01/2008, Richard Fairhurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
These are almost certainly derived from Google Maps et al, therefore
unsuitable for OSM.
really, that sounds like it would contravene wikipedia's rules and
google's terms of use?
On 10/01/2008, Richard Fairhurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[co-ordinates on Wikipedia]
really, that sounds like it would contravene wikipedia's rules and
google's terms of use? and is it our responsibility to pre-guess what
wp editors are doing? i think taking their data at face value is
while i was looking up some info on wikipedia [1], i noticed that a
lot of pages have a lat/lon value to describe their location; this
strikes me as something we could use to increase the amount of data in
OSM
it would require a mass download of data from all the pages that
contain these values,
On 08/01/2008, Robin Paulson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
while i was looking up some info on wikipedia [1], i noticed that a
lot of pages have a lat/lon value to describe their location; this
strikes me as something we could use to increase the amount of data in
OSM
it would require a mass
Robin Paulson wrote:
while i was looking up some info on wikipedia [1], i noticed that a
lot of pages have a lat/lon value to describe their location; this
strikes me as something we could use to increase the amount of data in
OSM
These are almost certainly derived from Google Maps et al,
Maybe somebody should start the pragmatic street maps project
- a
On Jan 7, 2008 2:41 PM, Richard Fairhurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Robin Paulson wrote:
while i was looking up some info on wikipedia [1], i noticed that a
lot of pages have a lat/lon value to describe their location;
Hi,
These are almost certainly derived from Google Maps et al, therefore
unsuitable for OSM.
Well no matter where they came from, being Wikipedia they're
GNU FDL and if we incorporated them we'd have to switch to GNU FDL as
well, at least that's how I read virulent licenses.
Bye
Frederik
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