Tim, A lot of these maps won't rectify, even though I've completed all the control points. The one I've just come up with is http://warper.wmflabs.org/maps/261 - can someone try and preview it, or tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* On 9 February 2016 at 17:30, Jez Nicholson <[email protected]> wrote: > I tinkered with the "Kilimanjaro to Tsavo Stn. U.R.. WOOS-8-3-1" map a > fair bit. Started by using recognisable locations (features on lakes, etc.) > but eventually settled on tagging the grid lines and using online > conversion tools to give me the WGS-84. The ones with hills in look great > in Google Earth, e.g. http://warper.wmflabs.org/maps/629.kml Difficult to > get the map spot on. > > On Tue, 9 Feb 2016 at 16:28 Tim Waters <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> so after a fix was applied to the Wikimaps Warper the collection of >> 581 maps from Wikimedia Commons was re-imported and added to a mosaic >> (layer) >> >> >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:War%20Office%20Archive%20%E2%80%93%20British%20East%20Africa >> >> The mosaic: >> http://warper.wmflabs.org/layers/4 >> >> The Tiles link is http://warper.wmflabs.org/layers/tile/4/{z}/{x}/{y}.png >> and the WMS details can be found at >> http://warper.wmflabs.org/layers/4#Export_tab >> >> and of course individual maps have their own WMS and Tiles endpoints too >> >> Cheers, >> >> Tim >> >> p.s. Note that loading up a map for the first might take a once only >> period of a couple of minutes as the map gets requested from commons >> and is loaded up in the warper ... you should see a progress bar in >> that case! >> >> p.p.s. There's an issue with the warper not getting the correct >> thumbnail for some of the maps, but it shouldn't affect how it works >> in the warper. >> >> On 2 February 2016 at 13:58, Jez Nicholson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > The export tab http://warper.wmflabs.org/maps/629#Export_tab includes >> a WMS >> > link "for JOSM OpenStreetMap Editor" >> > >> > I haven't tried it yet as my company have firewalled the office with an >> > https whitelist. >> > >> > On Mon, 1 Feb 2016 at 17:34 Andy Mabbett <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> On 1 February 2016 at 13:02, Tim Waters <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Great stuff. I think a few hundred maps (if not all) from this >> >> > collection >> >> > are already in the wikimaps warper. >> >> > However there was an issue with making a mosaic (stitched layer) for >> the >> >> > category, so this will be fixed soon. >> >> >> >> Once that's done, how can people see the layer in JOSM? >> >> >> >> > I think the British Library also has control points for the maps >> which >> >> > could >> >> > be added to the warper when ready (I'd have to double check on this >> >> > point >> >> > though). >> >> >> >> My contact tells me they (BL & Indigo Trust) want to see the maps >> >> reused; if there's a speciific request, I can forward it to them. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Andy Mabbett >> >> @pigsonthewing >> >> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk >> > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > >
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