As a beneficiary of Planemad's maps, I rejoice in this new development! Way to go!
On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Subhashish Panigrahi < subhash...@cis-india.org> wrote: > Congrats Arun and Hugo! So finally all those things we discussed are > coming true? > > Best! > Subha > > On 17-Dec-2013, at 8:07 pm, Pradeep Mohandas <prad2...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Here's hoping for better maps on all Wikimedia! > > User:Prad2609 > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone <http://overview.mail.yahoo.com?.src=iOS> > > ------------------------------ > * From: * jeph <jephp...@gmail.com>; > * To: * Wikimedia India Community list < > wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>; > * Subject: * Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [IEGCom] IEG announcements > * Sent: * Tue, Dec 17, 2013 12:55:50 PM > > Congrats :-) It is a very interesting project. > > > On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Arun Ganesh <arun.plane...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 10:13 AM, ansuman <ansum...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> FYI.. in a bit advance, most probably the announcement will be on >>> Wikimedia-l by tomorrow. :-) >>> >>> >>> <http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/12/16/new-individual-engagement-grantees-to-engage-community-with-tools-and-outreach/> >>> >>> http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/12/16/new-individual-engagement-grantees-to-engage-community-with-tools-and-outreach/ >>> >>> Congratulations >>> to >>> all, >>> and Arun Ganesh (User:Planemad) from India along with Hugo Lopez >>> (User:Yug) from France, their project has been approved, >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Wikimaps_Atlas. >>> >>> Arun, I look forward to seeing the developments as you move ahead with >>> this project. All the best. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Ansuman >>> IEG committee member >>> >>> >> Thank you Ansuman, >> >> The Wikimaps Atlas is a an ambitious endeavor to create possibly the >> largest repository of ready to use free maps for the world and fix the huge >> shortage of maps that currently plague many Wikimedia projects. Please read >> our project page for full details on what we plan to achieve: >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Wikimaps_Atlas >> >> On behalf of Hugo as well, I would like to thank everyone from the Indian >> community for taking the time to review the proposal, providing feedback >> and your valuable support. Its been a lengthy dream to do this and we are >> really excited to get this level of support from everyone including the WMF >> to get this project off the ground. >> >> With the support of this grant, both Hugo and me who have spent >> considerable time creating maps for WIkipedia, will be able to take a break >> from our working life to dedicate our effort to develop this resource. We >> plan to start work only in March, and you can hear more on the progress and >> the inputs we will require from the community in the coming months. >> >> -- >> Arun Ganesh >> (planemad) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad> >> <http://j.mp/ArunGanesh> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > -- Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------
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