PictureIt: Envision: Imagine: On May 15, 2014, at 17:06 , Jon Robson <jdlrob...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Visual: ? > On 14 May 2014 10:44, "Derk-Jan Hartman" <d.j.hartman+wmf...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> PS, i'm building an instance that is running this extension. >> >> On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 12:34 AM, Jon Robson <jrob...@wikimedia.org> >> wrote: >>> During the Zurich hackathon, DJ Hartman, Aude and I knocked up a >>> generic maps prototype extension [1]. We have noticed that many maps >>> like extensions keep popping up and believed it was time we >>> standardised on one that all these extensions could use so we share >>> data better. >>> >>> We took a look at all the existing use cases and tried to imagine what >>> such an extension would look like that wouldn't be too tied into a >>> specific use case. >>> >>> The extension we came up with was a map extension that introduces a >>> Map namespace where data for the map is stored in raw GeoJSON and can >>> be edited via a JavaScript map editor interface. It also allows the >>> inclusion of maps in wiki articles via a map template. >>> >>> Dan Andreescu also created a similar visualisation namespace which may >>> want to be folded into this as a map could be seen as a visualisation. >>> I invite Dan to comment on this with further details :-)! >>> >>> I'd be interested in people's thoughts around this extension. In >>> particular I'd be interested in the answer to the question "For my >>> usecase A what would the WikiMaps extension have to support for me to >>> use it". >>> >>> Thanks for your involvement in this discussion. Let's finally get a >>> maps extension up on a wikimedia box! >>> Jon >>> >>> [1] https://github.com/jdlrobson/WikiMaps >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikitech-l mailing list >>> Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikitech-l mailing list >> Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
