Hi everyone,
Everyone is busy working on their national contest. Some things
you have to do locally, other things are provided on a European
level. A lot of things were already mentioned on this list, but
I would to provide a list anyway. What are the things we can
offer:
* Upload form : There is going
to be an upload form per country in multiple languages. We're
working on the details with the WMF. When the prototype is ready
I expect each country to provide input (my Belarusian is not
what it used to be). I'll send around another email when I know
more (soon I hope). Notes at [1]
* Automatic categorization: If
the unique identifier of a monument is provided, it's possible
to automatically categorize images after upload using an automated bot which
has access to the database. This is already up and
running. Take for example the Netherlands. Images are uploaded
to Category:Rijksmonumenten with a identifier
({{Rijksmonument|<id>}}). The bot keeps an eye on
category:Rijksmonumenten and tries to categorize these images
every once in a while. How does this work? Every id is in a
list. A list contains a link to Commons ({{Commonscat|<some
category>}}). The bot uses this information to categorize the
image. This can be set up for every country with unique
identifiers. Example at [2].
* Automatic addition of
coordinates: If you monuments have an unique identifier and the
list entry contains coordinates for a monument, a bot will add
this location ({{Object location|<lat>|<lon>}}) to
the image. This can be set up for every country with unique
identifiers. Example at [3].
* Monuments api [4]: The
monuments api is going to be the basis for multiple tools:
** Monuments on the map in
Open StreetMap, Google Maps & Google Earth. This should be
easy to embed in your own website. This is not finished yet.
** Augmented reality using
Layar. Prototype at [5]
** Maybe more?
* Commonist: Would be great if someone can
pick up the Commonist Simplification - a simplified Commonist
fork which prefills all fields where possible and makes it
useful for non-nerds. Current version explanation available on
[6]. To pick this up, you need to be able to program in java.
Especially for the monuments
api based tools we could use more help. We already have a lot of
cool local tools. It would be great if we have some awesome
European tools too from which all countries can benefit.
Maarten & Lodewijk
