Hi all,
Question: what else currently needs to be completed with respect to Map
Warper, before we can launch a mass-upload of files to it, and try to
launch a first mass campaign of geo-referencing ?
So what other things do people think need to be
altered on the map warper,
before we
* (a) do a mass upload from Commons to Labs of maps to geo-reference
* (b) launch a campaign for mass-georeferencing the uploads
* (c) use it to display geo-referencing for maps that have already been
geo-referenced ?
I would like to say that our project duration is until the end of this
year, and starting campaigning while we are working on the project will
dramatically reduce our capability to focus on development. But we are
responding to requests of having a user-friendly pipeline available for
georeferencing individual maps by the time of the British Library tagathon.
This will include the following steps:
-- unrelated to georeferencing: --
1. Launch the Template:Map [1], which will include a big, blue button as a
link to the Warper.
2. Use it in a batch upload with GLAMWIKI Toolset [2]
-- related to georeferencing: --
3. Enabling OAuth login from Commons to the Warper has been done.
4. Create a stand-alone big, blue button to add in Wikimedia Commons file
page for maps. Susanna and Jeph work on this.
4. Bot-add this button (a template) to a test set of maps. You might have a
proper candidate for such a set. Eventually we could add this to all maps.
André works on this, but you can help.
5. Create a gadget to manually add the button to any map file. I guess this
goes unassigned.
Additionally, but not before the beginning of October, we will
6. Create a form to transform data from the Information / Artwork / Book
templates into the Map template, that also includes the button, and will
include a locator map for the historical map
During the rest of the year we work to create a new user interface to the
Warper.
Creating methods for easy batch georeffing of maps is not included in our
plan for this year, but we will be happy to include it in a future funding
application. So we decided it will not take precedence over our current
plans.
For reference, as an estimate of the scale of what is on Commons already
(never mind new scans that are being produced), we currently have just over
54,000 unique files in Category:Old_maps and Category:Maps_by_year
together, going down six levels, of which just over 41,000 are in
sub-directories of Category:Old Maps
There are also
* 4890 maps that we have that already have georeferencing from the NYPL
(not in the Old Maps hierarchy)
* 315 Ordnance Survey drawings, with georeferencing from the BL (also not
in the Old Maps hierarchy)
* 1126 maps from the Mechanical Curator collection, of which 107 are
related to images that have georeferencing from the BL, and the remainder
should be geo-referenced in the BL's next phase.
It would be great if someone would put these files into the Old Maps
hierarchy, as that is where the bot could find the maps where the big blue
button will be included.
(The already geo-referenced maps are or will be accessible in
subdirectories of
Category:Maps with links to external georeferencing
-- the BL are there already; I shall be adding the NYPL ones in a couple
of days, once I have jumped through the required hoops for bot approval).
IMO, it would be nice to get a campaign of geo-referencing underway.
But how close are we to being ready?
I think these are the things you propose to develop:
1. Create a mechanism for batch-adding files from Commons to the Warper
2. Create a mechanism for batch-importing georeferencing data to files
already batch-added to Warper.
3. Perhaps make a campaign interface?
All of these require considerable amounts of time from the community and
the developers. We were not prepared for this for this year, but I hope you
will be interested in committing your time to project planning and
resourcing for next year!
I hope our actions before the beginning of October will be beneficial in
the context of the BL tagathon!
Best,
Susanna