[Wikimedia Education] introduction and sharing about Wikipedia for Schools and Teach for India

[Alex Stinson]

I found a similar idea for the Open Knowledge Foundation using open street
map data. http://de.straba.us/okfn-dashboard/ . It is definitely doable with
geodata for participants,

Alex Stinson

On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Nikhil Sheth <nikhil.js at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Rupert,
>
> Whatever works, bro!
> If you want it in OSM, do it! Please copy it all over to an open street map
> and send us the link when you're done. Make sure the wiki functionality
> stays, mind! Everybody's a leader in a volunteer-based movement, that's why
> we call it grass-roots! Nobody orders the grass where to grow and where not
> to!
>
> Last time I checked open street maps, most of india was practically empty.
> I remember something we did a lot in engineering days using a lamp below a
> glass-topped table : we'd lay out a well done engineering drawing and put
> our paper on top of it, and then just trace it, saved us the effort. On one
> occasion, it turned out the copy got better scores than the original,
> because while copying the person was able to find out and make much finer
> modifications, having the major data at hand already. But that's just a
> useless side story.
>
> Is there a "my maps" in OSM?
>
> I do have one trouble regarding the google maps - i haven't been able to
> find any version-preservation yet! (shh, don't tell the vandals! :P)
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> Nikhil Sheth
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>
> On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 5:44 PM, rupert THURNER <rupert.thurner at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 18:32, Jessie Wild <jwild at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4/19/2011 6:31 PM, Nikhil Sheth wrote:
>>> > And here's a wiki-map I've set up so we can track schools and more
>>> > importantly volunteers in India who can be contacted by schools and
>>> > organizations. (Jessie created one too, but I'd started this first :P
>>> > and this one is the rough draft type that everyone can add to, and we
>>> > can then move concrete data from this map to Jessie's where only I and
>>> > some others have editing access)
>>> > http://tinyurl.com/WFSOEIndiamap
>>> I like the plotting of volunteers on this map! Really cool idea.
>>>
>>> Also, I just want to clarify that anyone can edit the broader map[0] -
>>> it does have limited editing access :)
>>>
>>>
>>> [0] http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=
>>> 200444821566545185767.00049e894f5c32ec25b23
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jessie Wild
>>> Special Projects Manager
>>> Global Development
>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>
>>>
>> aren't we partner of openstreetmap? this would be like writing "please
>> write your stuff not in wikipedia any more but google knowl?
>>
>> rupert.
>>
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