During the Amsterdam Hackathon we were able to discuss the Wikimaps environment over several days with a fine group of minds.
Please have a look in http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wikimaps
The plan covers what we are doing + where we are heading.
1. Presenting historical maps in a web mapping service within the Wikimedia family. Putting together the toolset and interfaces for that. 2. Working together with OpenStreetMap Historic to find a common way to model historical geodata. 3. Designing tools to employ the maps in Wikipedia
We have a blog post at http://blog.wikimedia.fi/
Looking forward to your comments!
On behalf of all of us, Susanna