As I know OpenStreetMap use Microsoft Bing satellite maps to create free map. I am not sure about all agreements between MS and OSM but maybe we could use Microsoft Bing in same way as OSM are doing.
We can think about similar tool but for WLM lists on Wikidata in the time when Wikidata accept list-function.
Regards!
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 19:36:16 +0100 From: Andrew Gray <andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk> To: Wiki Loves Monuments Photograph Competition <wikilovesmonuments@lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] Tool to add Coordinates Message-ID: <CAE4f==cy+85LdrZ7DRsGv0L93cOfV4LOTNNyo-F3YgFLJd_i7A@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" OSM has traditionally been very firm that taking coordinates directly from Google Maps is not valid for their license, but I'm not sure how well their license maps to ours in this case. A coordinate is basically the only piece of information they need, so they'd be copying all the information, whereas for us it's a much smaller detail in an overall work, so it's more like checking a single entry in a reference book. I think we're okay :-) (Besides, in most cases we'd need the satellite view to be sure if the building isn't specifically mapped already...) A. On 14 September 2013 17:08, Andrea Zanni <zanni.andrea84@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, that's a great idea. In Italy we have kinda the same problem, but we are currently discussing about the "legality" of taking coordinates from Google Maps. We have several members which are from Open Street Maps and they say that is is *illegal* (IANAL, so don't discuss with me :-). Maybe if your tool could take the coordinates from OSM we could solve every problem. Aubrey On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 5:28 AM, Naveen Francis <naveenpf@wikimedia.in>wrote:Good tool !!!! Is it possible to enable in en wikipedia ? Indian monuments are poorly located -- WLM India team On 14 Sep 2013 03:57, "Vacio" <vacio@riseup.net> wrote:_______________________________________________ Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list WikiLovesMonuments@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments http://www.wikilovesmonuments.orgHi guys, In Armenian Wikipedia, we have now a tool which allows users to add coordinates of a monument using Google-maps in a pop-up window. See example below: This might be useful if a lot of coordinates are missing from your lists (like in our case). The JavaScript can be found here: [[:hy:MediaWiki:WLMcoord.js]]<https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:WLMcoord.js>). It was developed by [[u:HrantKhachatrian]]. If you want to integrate the tool to your local Wikipedia and/or have any questions, let us know :) Vacio _______________________________________________ Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list WikiLovesMonuments@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org_______________________________________________ Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list WikiLovesMonuments@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org-- - Andrew Gray andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk
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