that is really awesome, elke! would you be so kind to share details about the sponsoring agreement?
the monuments search seems to be interesting as well. i searched for "bern" and found: * mcfit, prenzlauer berg, berlin " aldi, brenzlauer berg, berlin" for which countries is this expected to work? rupert. On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Elke Wetzig (elya) <[email protected]> wrote: > Good morning! > > I'm happy to provide you with an additional app for iPhone and Android > mobile devices, developed by 123POI, a part of the MairDumont media > group, a publishing house in Germany with a focus on travelling. You > might know the Marco Polo travelling guides, and it also publishes the > Lonely Planet guides for the German-speaking market. > > I created a page with (hopefully) all relevant information at Commons: > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012/Tools/123POI > > > There are 2 main points that make this app different from our WMF WLM > app that might be interesting for you and your participants: > > * iPhone availability > * geocoding of addresses - this app will find and show also monuments > without coordinates in Wikipedia on a map > > The other difference is, that a user does not need to register at > Commons but in the app, and there will be a batch transfer of the images > to Commons (similar to some Flickr batch uploads for WLM beforem see the > test uploads here: > http://commons.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListFiles/TESTWWW123POICOM). > This might make it easier for new users to participate (no break in the > user flow), however these users won't be visible as new "Commons users". > > The app will be improved by your feedback and I kindly ask you spread > the word and to test it as much as possible in the next days! Please put > all of your feedback to the page > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012/Tools/123POI > , the developers will track this! > > One last demand: If you find the app useful for your community and > participants, please show your appreciation by mentioning the app and > the sponsor on your local websites. I will provide you with some more > information about the sponsor soon. > > Thank you! > > Regards, > > Elke > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org _______________________________________________ Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org
