Maps-l November 2015

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by Simon Legner

Hi, I wanted to ask what the current status of the WIWOSM project [1] is. It seems that there hasn't been a data update since March 2015 as reported via [2, 3]. Is this due to technical problems or does the project lack of maintainers? Thanks in advance and best regards from Austria, Simon [1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WIWOSM [2] https://github.com/aiomaster/WIWOSM/issues/11 [3] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:WIWOSM#No_update_since_march_2015

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Re: [Maps-l] [GLAM] [Image donation] 512 maps and images from the proceedings of the Dutch Parliament 1885-1995

by Maarten Dammers

Hi Olaf, That looks like a nice collection of maps! I added a couple to the Wikimaps Warper. See for example https://warper.wmflabs.org/maps/221#Preview_tab . For people who want to play around with the Warper too: * Go to https://warper.wmflabs.org and login. Select Oauth Wikimedia Commons * Go to https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Media_contributed_by_Tweede_Kam… and pick a map * Edit the source, change "| warped = " to "| warped = 1" and save it * You'll now have a link "View the georeferenced map in the Wikimaps Warper", click it * Go to the "Rectify" tab * You'll get two maps. On the left the old map, on the right the current OpenStreetMap (https://warper.wmflabs.org/maps/221#Rectify_tab) * Put a point on the same location on both maps (for example a city) and click "Add Control Point" * Do this for at least three points, but more is better. Try to spread them around the map * Click "Warp image" and wait * Go to the "Preview" tab to see your work (https://warper.wmflabs.org/maps/221#Preview_tab) Maarten Op 20-11-2015 om 15:42 schreef Olaf Janssen: > > Hi, > > This might be interesting for those interested in Dutch (colonial) > history: last week I did an donation of 512 maps and images from the > proceedings of the Dutch Parliament (the so-called States General > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:States_General_of_the_Netherlands>. > They are from the period 1885-1995. > > The images are in Category:Media contributed by Tweede Kamer > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Media_contributed_by_Tweede_Kam…>. > Every image has geo coordinates for the map centre. > > The set has some unique content, not only about the Netherlands, but > also about its former colonies Dutch East-Indies (now Indonesia) and > Suriname. Themes include the Delta Works, polders, land reclamation > and the construction of roads, railways, and ports. > > To foster reuse, I started assigning thematic categories to some > images, for example Eastern Scheldt > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Eastern_Scheldt>, Delta > Works <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Delta_Works>, > Canals in Friesland > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Canals_in_Friesland>, > IJsselmeer <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:IJsselmeer> > and Railway lines in the Netherlands > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Railway_lines_in_the_Netherlands> > > Met vriendelijke groet / With kind regards > > Olaf Janssen > > Wikipedia & open data coordinator > > Koninklijke Bibliotheek- National Library of the Netherlands > olaf.janssen(a)kb.nl <mailto:olaf.janssen@kb.nl> > > +31 (0)70 3140 388 > @ookgezellig > > www.slideshare.net/OlafJanssenNL <http://www.slideshare.net/OlafJanssenNL> > > > Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands > Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 5 | 2595 BE Den Haag > Postbus 90407 | 2509 LK Den Haag | (070) 314 09 11 | www.kb.nl > <http://www.kb.nl/> > > English version <http://www.kb.nl/en/email> | Disclaimer > <http://www.kb.nl/disclaimer> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > GLAM mailing list > GLAM(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam

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