Hi folks,
just to add a little bit of brain food. I'm involved with the
georeferencing / georectification side of things with the Wikimaps project
with Wikimedia Commons with Susanna Anas as mentioned earlier. We're using
a stripped down version of the open source mapwarper software which
essenti
The answer is "it isn't really done" ;-)
As far as I can tell Commons currently has no documented way of
embedding anything other than a single coordinate pair for an image,
which is obviously okay for photos but pretty unhelpful for maps (or
indeed aerial/satellite imagery). This is a pity, as th
Hi All,
Thanks for those that have helped so far. I am now in contact with a OSM
sys admin to get these maps up on a tile server (for subsequent use in the
OSM editors).
Out of interest, OSM servers are able to create tiles "on the fly" as long
as it is provided a raster image that is geocoded. T
On 2 October 2013 16:17, SK53 wrote:
> I think what is best is a 'world file'. See
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_file.
>
> I dont quite know what technology wikimedia are using, but there are some
> experienced wikimedians in the OSM community:
> Obviously there is a need to store
> geoloc
> I think what is best is a 'world file'. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_file.
Apologies I sent an email earlier but had not copied into the list, I
mentioned I had tested using the World file. Copied my email below.
>Hello,
>
>I haven't had a lot of time the last few days to look at thes
I think what is best is a 'world file'. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_file.
I dont quite know what technology wikimedia are using, but there are some
experienced wikimedians in the OSM community: Susanna Anas from Helsinki
has been driving a lot of activity about using old maps from GLAMs
Hi Steven,
The short answer is not quite sure - I bodged these together from a
couple of CSV metadata sheets. I think they've been exported from
something else to get to this stage but I don't have access to that
(though I could ask). Do you have an example of the kind of
metadata/formatting you w
Rob Nickerson wrote:
p.s. Is there a Linux equivalent of MAPC2MAPC?
qgis2 ?
I still need to actually get it to create an alignment, but it displays the
material I do have nicely, so is anybody using this for doing the referencing?
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>On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 5:45 PM, Rob Nickerson
>wrote:
>
>
> >Hi Steven,
> >
> >I've never heard of MAPC2MAPC but it looks great. I posted a comment [1]
> on the talk-gb-westmidlands mailing >list noting that there are KMZ/KML
> files available on British Library website that include the corner
>>
>> Corner coordinates are now displaying, allowing these to be aligned &
>> adjusted to fit. Have fun!
>>
>>
>Are the configuration files available already somewhere or is there a plan
>to make them available so users of the maps could just load the maps rather
>than having to align themselves w
>
> Corner coordinates are now displaying, allowing these to be aligned &
> adjusted to fit. Have fun!
>
>
Are the configuration files available already somewhere or is there a plan
to make them available so users of the maps could just load the maps rather
than having to align themselves with the
On 26 September 2013 12:39, Andrew Gray wrote:
> Each one has been georeferenced by the BL, and the coordinates for a
> bounding box and for the exact corner points are available; it's
> currently not displaying, but I'll be configuring this tonight.
Corner coordinates are now displaying, allowi
On 26 September 2013 12:39, Andrew Gray wrote:
> Thanks for the ad, Andy ;-)
First Richard S, now you - do we have a lot of closet OSMappers in
WikimedaUK, or are you just stalking me? ;-)
[Snip useful backgroun0d]
> Please let me know if you think of anything interesting to do with them!
I i
Thanks for the ad, Andy ;-)
These maps are from a British Library collection, which has previously
been online in various forms, so it's not completely new - but
hopefully this is a more accessible format.
There's a total of around 2-300 of these - the exact number varies
depending on whether you
I believe, as well, that these are the original drafter's drawings: not
later copies or prints.
Richard Symonds
Wikimedia UK
0207 065 0992
Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered
Office 4th F
Over 100, hand-drawn OS maps have just been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ordnance_Survey_Drawings
These date from the 1810s and cover a variety of places in England and Wales.
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Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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