Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: The Hindu : "Now, copyright-free maps of States, districts, panchayats"

The malayalam wikipedia community never fails to impress, awesome initiative guys! Do see if you can get access to the actual GIS shapefiles from the government departments. It will make the effort a lot more scalable and allow superimposing other thematic data easier. Nonetheless, its a great way

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: The Hindu : "Now, copyright-free maps of States, districts, panchayats"

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Nagarjuna G wrote: > On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Anirudh Bhati wrote: >> Okay, guys.  This is uber-cool stuff.  Hats off! :) >> >> How about a workshop on training Wikimedians on map-creation?  I would >> love to participate. >> > > Sure.  if you get yourself

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: The Hindu : "Now, copyright-free maps of States, districts, panchayats"

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Anirudh Bhati wrote: > Okay, guys.  This is uber-cool stuff.  Hats off! :) > > How about a workshop on training Wikimedians on map-creation?  I would > love to participate. > Sure.  if you get yourself organized gnowledge.org lab can conduct a workshop on making f

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: The Hindu : "Now, copyright-free maps of States, districts, panchayats"

Okay, guys. This is uber-cool stuff. Hats off! :) How about a workshop on training Wikimedians on map-creation? I would love to participate. Yours sincerely, Anirudh Bhati 00 91 9328712208 Skype: anirudhsbh On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 3:13 PM, Shiju Alex wrote: > Dear all, > > I would like t

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: The Hindu : "Now, copyright-free maps of States, districts, panchayats"

Dear all, I would like to share another important topic related to the subject of this mail. Malayalam wikipedians have started the map project

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: The Hindu : "Now, copyright-free maps of States, districts, panchayats"

Yeah this is true. There are many such reports recently. Among many wikipedians also there is a common misconception that all the content and images in wikipedia are copyright-free. :) May be we need to start using the word *Copyleft *to address all the free licenses. Usgae of words like Creative

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: The Hindu : "Now, copyright-free maps of States, districts, panchayats"

Good idea. ! Would you mind creating a page on this on wikimedia.in , so that all can point that page to reporters. - Tinu Cherian On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Anivar Aravind wrote: > On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 7:43 AM, CherianTinu Abraham > wrote: > > The Hindu : "Now, copyright-free maps of

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: The Hindu : "Now, copyright-free maps of States, districts, panchayats"

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 7:43 AM, CherianTinu Abraham wrote: > The Hindu : "Now, copyright-free maps of States, districts, panchayats" > http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article1697940.ece In the last few news reports , the "copyright free" phrase is repeating. This is worrying. I

[Wikimediaindia-l] [Press]: The Hindu : "Now, copyright-free maps of States, districts, panchayats"

*The Hindu : "Now, copyright-free maps of States, districts, panchayats"* http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/article1697940.ece *As “Malayalam Loves Wikipedia” campaign gets good response..* * * *Even as the “Malayalam Loves Wikipedia” campaign, launched to expand the knowledge repos