Re: [OSM-talk] Wikimapia data now under cc-by-sa

Hi there, this is interesting. Where can the data be downloaded, do you know? I dont seem to find dumps. http://wikimapia.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7775 I found an api, http://wikimapia.org/api/ thanks, mike On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Arun Ganesh wrote: > Before you get all excited, I do

Re: [OSM-talk] Wikimapia data now under cc-by-sa

Am 14.06.2012 15:24, schrieb Arun Ganesh: wikimapia for clarification: * Wikimapia has nothing at all to do with Wikimedia foundation, it is held by a private company (see e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiMapia) * CC by SA is something which is not in our interrest as we want to move away

Re: [OSM-talk] Wikimapia data now under cc-by-sa

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Arun Ganesh wrote: > If this data covers the geographical coordinates which have been derived > from google maps service, then it doesnt make any sense. Sense or no sense? I guess it depends among other things on whether you think (and the jurisdiction you are i

[OSM-talk] Wikimapia data now under cc-by-sa

Before you get all excited, I do not think its what it sounds like. See the official announcement here: http://wikimapia.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=74&t=9878 I'm not certain what this 'wikimapia data' is or where it can be downloaded from. But it seems to be that this could be the placemark content

Re: [OSM-talk] Wikimapia

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > > Matthew Luehrmann wrote: > > Wikimapia at: http://wikimapia.org/wiki/Main_Page seems to have the > > same mission as OSM. > > OSM gives you, and everyone, rights to your contributions. > > Wikimapia gives Wikimapia, and no-one else, the

Re: [OSM-talk] Wikimapia

Hi Matthew, On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 9:48 PM, Matthew Luehrmann < matthew.luehrm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wikimapia at: http://wikimapia.org/wiki/Main_Page seems to have the same > mission as OSM. Has anyone contacted them to talk about merging the two > projects so that we can both accomplish more

Re: [OSM-talk] Wikimapia

Matthew Luehrmann wrote: > Wikimapia at: http://wikimapia.org/wiki/Main_Page seems to have the > same mission as OSM. OSM gives you, and everyone, rights to your contributions. Wikimapia gives Wikimapia, and no-one else, the rights to your contributions. Same mission? No. cheers Richard -- V

[OSM-talk] Wikimapia

Wikimapia at: http://wikimapia.org/wiki/Main_Page seems to have the same mission as OSM. Has anyone contacted them to talk about merging the two projects so that we can both accomplish more? They definitely have better usability and explain how to contribute better. They also seem to have permis