Hoi,

I received this in my mail. I think that many opportunities in combination with maps can have maybe even should have a Wikidata dimension. The three things that Wikidata has to offer are:

• support for multiple languages
• support for geo locations
• support for dates of events

The maps of battle fields in the USA is a Wikidata best practice, the map that is being compiled with railway stations is another..

Another important reason why Wikidata and Commons could / should cooperate is because in six months time (hopefully) the Wikidata team will start working on integrating Wikidata technology in Commons. At that time good cooperation will become even more relevant.

So, I think Wikidata may have a place in the coming talks, deliberations and, that is why I forward this mail to the WD list.

Thanks,

     GerardM

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Susanna Ånäs <susanna.anas@wikimedia.fi>
Date: 21 November 2013 15:48
Subject: [Commons-l] Please join the Wikimaps design & developer meeting!
To: commons-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Hi all!

There will be 2 overlapping creative communities for planning Wikimaps
1. Wikimaps Designers & Developers (GLAM & map Wikipedians, OpenHistoricalMappers etc)
2. Wikimaps Nordic (Regional collaboration: Wikimedia chapters, wikimedians, mappers and GLAMs from the Nordic countries)

This is an invitation to join the international designer & developer community. Wikimaps Nordic will form a project community in the beginning of January.

We’ll arrange a video conference with http://videoconf.wikimedia.ch/  
Tuesday December 3 
at 8:00 PDT - 11:00 EST - 16:00 GMT - 17:00 CET - 18:00 EET - 21:00 IST

Sign up in the collaborative Etherpad http://wmfi.muistio.tieke.fi/wikimaps-online-1 

Let's talk freely about what Wikimaps could be. Here are some ideas to get you started. See, comment and discuss them here: 

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1EvXZtoV9vihtXZxVhA5ZKTEfmKFVI2btNQUREF-6so0/edit#slide=id.g11cd82f09_034 

Meeting agenda
Introductions 30 min
1. Round for presentations ~1 min per person
2. Brief presentations of Wikimaps projects ~2 min / ~8 projects

Discussion 70 min
3. Discuss expectations. Create working groups. Focus on a project or two.
4. What kind of technologies and communication tools we will use

Practicalities 20 min 
5. Future schedule for the process
6. To-Do before the next meeting

See you soon!

Susanna Ånäs / Wikimedia Suomi

ps.

Info about Wikimaps Nordic with links to Wikimaps info: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EhKgIUshgUHq3c4NeCDvMTPoRPCXxF-IInwtHHEBV78

I've cross-posted this on maps-l, commons-l, cultural partners in wikimedia and historic at osm

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