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(a)dunelm.org.uk> To: Wiki Loves Monuments Photograph
Competition <wikilovesmonuments(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [Wiki
Loves Monuments] Tool to add Coordinates Message-ID:
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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(a)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(a)wikimedia.in>wrote;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(a)riseup.net> wrote: Hi 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
[1]>). 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
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