I am preparing a presentation about Wikimaps for tomorrow (Meeting of the International Society of Curators of Early Maps ISCEM at the International Conference on the History of Cartography) and I am outlining these steps. Please react:

- Map mass uploads for institutions
- Adding geolocation to maps in Commons (georeferencing)
- Web mapping service in Wikimedia
- Collaboratively vectorizing old maps (with OHM preferably)
- Spatiotemporal gazetteer in Wikidata
- Map mashup tools in Wikimedia (languages, thematic data, timeline animations, historical geometries...)

Cheers,
Susanna

2013/6/28 Susanna Ånäs <susanna.anas@wikimedia.fi>
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> I am preparing for the inevitable occasion when the data in Wikidata will be usable.
>
> I am hoping to see the location of the map connect to knowledge about the location. Also, I am hoping that when the old maps are used for vectorizing historical features, those geometries would link to Wikipedia articles or other data. And most importantly, I think "Commons" data should be queried in connection with Wikidata data, otherwise great opportunities are lost!
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> Cheers,
> Susanna
>
>
> 2013/6/28 Daniel Schwen <daniel@schwen.de>
> >
> > From the point of view of a tool developer wikidata looks like a
> > trainwreck right now. Or should I say a black hole where data can go
> > in and will remain virtually inaccessible from the toolserver.
> > Kind of sad. But I still cannot understand the decision to put data as
> > JSON int the text store (which is not accessible from the toolserver,
> > or labs for that matter).
> >
> > Do you already have goals in your mind. What do you want to achieve by
> > putting maps metadata into wikidata?
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Susanna Ånäs <susanna.anas@wikimedia.fi> wrote:
> > > Tapping into the discussion about Commons + Wikidata, I propose we set up a
> > > Wikidata maps metadata task force following the model of the Artwotk task
> > > force.
> > >
> > > What's your opinion? Shall we cross post?
> > >
> > > Susanna
> > >
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