On 9/8/09 3:56 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
2009/9/8 Pedro Sanchez<pdsanchez(a)gmail.com>om>:
Geographical/atlas/map kind ofproject
granted, there's wikimapia and other external equivalents
but we (Wikimedia) are lacking it
Is there any point us doing something that already exists? What would
be better about a Wikimedia version?
Our current direction is to coordinate with external resources rather
than create them from scratch, where we've got compatible goals and ideals.
For instance, rather than creating our own map system from scratch we're
working with OpenStreetMap to integrate mapping, using our own rendering
servers with a copy of the public data and making it easier to stick
maps in wiki pages for starters, with easier ways to get into the
upstream system to improve location name translations and mapping data.
-- brion