Hi
We currently spread our offline content mostly online. In the case of ZIM files, many of them are really huge.
I received today a feedback from Kiwix user in Spain who has downloaded the full WPES ZIM file (~10GB) over many weeks... at the end he has discovered that in the meantime we had released a new version of this file. He was obviously a little bit frustrated.
What do you think about the idea of providing an online share-platform for ZIM files. A small Web site allowing people to: * announce that they have a file and are ready to give/copy it for someone * provide a solution to find thus people with a map * provide a solution to bring provider and searcher in touch
Remarks? Does someone knows a software which maybe already does that?
Regards Emmanuel
Am 13.04.2012 16:52, schrieb Guillaume Duhamel:
* announce that they have a file and are ready to give/copy it for someone * provide a solution to find thus people with a map * provide a solution to bring provider and searcher in touchYeah, that's called bittorrent...
Emmanuel is looking for a offline, real life solution.
I like the idea. Makes sense to me.
/Manuel
From the Kiwix page it looks like these files are of the order of 5-15 GB. Would it be possible to have it available in certain locations on USB flash drives for mailing to people? I would be willing to mail one to people in North America, for example, and maybe Wizzy could have copies available in South Africa. The only issue I foresee would be paying for the flash drives - we wouldn't want to be subsidising people's tech supplies, but it would be nice to make them free for worthy causes. Alternatively, could it be burnt onto a set of DVDs?
Martin
Martin A. Walker Department of Chemistry State University of New York at Potsdam +1 (315) 267-2271 walkerma@potsdam.edu
On 4/13/2012 10:57 AM, Manuel Schneider wrote:
Am 13.04.2012 16:52, schrieb Guillaume Duhamel:
* announce that they have a file and are ready to give/copy it for someone * provide a solution to find thus people with a map * provide a solution to bring provider and searcher in touchYeah, that's called bittorrent...
Emmanuel is looking for a offline, real life solution.
I like the idea. Makes sense to me.
/Manuel
On 04/13/2012 08:40 PM, Martin Walker wrote:
From the Kiwix page it looks like these files are of the order of 5-15 GB. Would it be possible to have it available in certain locations on USB flash drives for mailing to people?
Something like http://www.wikiusb.com ? In the system I propose, maybe we should also be able to find such businesses?
I would be willing to mail one to people in North America, for example, and maybe Wizzy could have copies available in South Africa. The only issue I foresee would be paying for the flash drives - we wouldn't want to be subsidising people's tech supplies, but it would be nice to make them free for worthy causes. Alternatively, could it be burnt onto a set of DVDs?
We, at Kiwix, we have done such things (spreading physically our content/solution) many times in the past and we have at least 3 projects of that type running for 2012.
But, thus things seem to me to be far from my original idea which is "just" a free solution (it does not involve money - except maybe to develop the software) to promote people/businesses able to provide without downloading them our offline content/solution.
Emmanuel
On 13/04/2012 15:53, Emmanuel Engelhart wrote:
Does someone knows a software which maybe already does that?
I partly reply to myself and so one maybe get more feedbacks. I have discovered http://www.ushahidi.com/ which IMO could be able to motorize such a solution. The primary purpose of such a tool is not mine, but this could maybe fit.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel, If you need contacts at Ushahidi, we have someone at Wikimedia Kenya who works for Ushahidi, and I could connect you. --Abbas.
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:50:41 +0200 From: emmanuel@engelhart.org To: offline-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Offline-l] [IDEA] Sharing Place
On 13/04/2012 15:53, Emmanuel Engelhart wrote:
Does someone knows a software which maybe already does that?
I partly reply to myself and so one maybe get more feedbacks. I have discovered http://www.ushahidi.com/ which IMO could be able to motorize such a solution. The primary purpose of such a tool is not mine, but this could maybe fit.
Emmanuel
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Since it's not come up yet, a more unconventional way to do large data distribution:
On 16/04/2012 19:00, Erik Moeller wrote:
Since it's not come up yet, a more unconventional way to do large data distribution:
YES, it's not the first time someone propose me to do something like deaddrops. Let us try to make something together now: http://www.kiwix.org/index.php/Deaddrops_%26_Geocaching
Emmanuel