Hi guys, Wikimedia Philippines has launched the Wiki(pedia) Loves Monuments last March 24. WLM is a photo contest with the aim of creating a body of open and freely-licensed photos of cultural and heritage sites and monuments. WLM started in 2010 in the Netherlands, became a Europe-wide competition in 2011, and in 2012 is now an international competition with 28+ countries around the world participating. The WLM Philippines webpage is here: http://www.wikimedia.ph/wmph/index.php?title=Wiki_Loves_Monuments
Anyway, the WLM Philippines project managers asked my help if it is possible to get the coordinates of each site or monument in the site list (which is basically the Philippine Registry of Cultural Property (PRECUP) Built Heritage list provided by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts) which contain 689 sites total. The list is here: http://www.wikimedia.ph/wmph/index.php?title=Wiki_Loves_Monuments/Entry_Sites As you can see, most of the sites only have the town or city as their location. Not all of them have complete addresses and not one of them has any attached coordinates. The additional mapping info would be beneficial so the photographers would know where to find these sites. Unfortunately, I'm sure that OSM does not have all of the information. I estimate that only around 1/3 of these sites are in OSM. I think WaypointsDotPH might fare better but I don't think all of the sites are on WaypointsDotPH too. Do any of you guys have any idea on what's the best way to get the addresses/coordinates of all 689 sites? If needed, Wikimedia Philippines is willing to buy a license from private GIS companies but of course an open/free solution would be best. Anyway, WLM aside, I think putting all of these sites in OSM would be a nice little project for OSMPH. Do people think it's a good idea to have a list somewhere where we can track whether all 689 sites are in OSM and with complete attributes already? Eugene _______________________________________________ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
