On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Steve Bennett <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 7:57 AM, Mike Dupont > <[email protected]> wrote: >> You can help! >> Maps wanted for Wikipedia, Commons but data available for OSM. >> see : >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:IUCN_red_list > > Very strange. If I understand correctly, they want individuals to > download a dataset, combine it with a map, and create an image, which > they will then upload. This is a process just crying out for some > automation isn't it? Yes, I am sure it could be automated and helped, that Is also why I posted this here, maybe people would like to help.
> What's worse, with no coordination, it will be very hard for people to > contribute without duplicating existing work. I agree, I think there could be some race condition happening. you can see the finished maps in this category. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:IUCN_distribution_maps see also the talk page. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:IUCN_red_list thanks, mike _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
