Firstly - Good summary WSC Geograph is basically a wiki for images. You take a picture. You load it to Geograph and specify where the item is and where you were standing when you took it. The picture is then looked over by someone to check its not a picture of your thumb. THe picture is categorised in a way similar to commons. Points are awarded based on the rarity of the picture (no one has taken a picture there before). The site attracts a lot of happy snappers and people who like to get points. Its a great idea and its worked. YOu may not find a great picture of extly what you want ...... but then there are lots of pictures still to load and lots that require better categorisation. On the latter - there has been a lot of improvement. If you compare it to panaramio which is Googles tool for getting people to donate geotagged images then Id say that the quality is not as good but the quantity of images is much better by Geograph. I look at images on Google Earth for Morocco and there is an occasional picture of maybe one settlement in 6.
However I agree with WSC's final para (as well) and although it would have been nice to see Geograph run across the world, it appears that WLM has the brand and momentum. (And their prizes are impressive). HTT R On 20 January 2013 13:51, Thomas Morton <[email protected]>wrote: > Can someone give me a quick overview of how geograph works and how the > images are taken? > > I ask this because a number of images from my home town are poor quality, > and incomplete (I can locate less than 5 notable buildings photographed in > the town, when the real number is circa 20-30). > > When I say "poor quality" I don't necessarily mean low res etc. but of > poor photographic quality; for example a monument in the centre of the town > is photographed from about half a mile away across the roofs of several > buildings (although you can drive/walk right past it...). > > Tom > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > -- Roger Bamkin Victuallers Ltd 01332 702993 0758 2020815 Google+:Victuallers Skype:Victuallers1 Flickr:Victuallers2
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