[Wikipedia-l] Galileo and others

Wed Jul 14 19:57:32 UTC 2004

On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 09:33:38PM +0200, Magnus Manske wrote:
> IF the GEO coordinate links to a special page, then this page could link 
> to/show a mapquest map around that point, among other things. Or should 
> we use such a map image which links to the special apge (like 
> thumbnails)? That should be at least *some* feedback.
> 
> And for missing geography data: How about wikipedition (wikipedia 
> expedition) to collect that data? Imagine: Thousands of wikipedians all 
> over the world emerging from their basements, roaming streets, 
> shorelines, walking along rivers and climbing mountains, their GPS 
> receivers in one hand, the data-logging laptop in the other, to discover 
> new life and new civilizations, to boldly wander where no geek has 
> wandered before ;-)
> And they could take pictures for wikimedia commons while they're at it!

Some of the data is easy to enter - locations of cities etc.
Other is pretty difficult - like exact shapes of borders and rivers.
Unfortunatelly it's the latter kind where the gaps are largest.