[Wikipedia-l] Open Mapping

[Brion Vibber]

On Oct 8, 2004, at 6:30 AM, Stirling Newberry wrote:
> Using Grass and a postgres SQL database, it would be possible to 
> create an open mapping repository. Since a large fraction of all wiki 
> entries are locations, this would allow maps to be made for most of 
> them, perhaps even by a bot process eventually.
>
> Is there any such project in process? Is there any interest if there 
> isn't such a project?

See:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Maps
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipediatlas
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimaps
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Map_generator

AFAIK no current activity.

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
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