[Wiki Loves Monuments] Tool to add Coordinates

[Andrew Gray]

OSM has traditionally been very firm that taking coordinates directly from
Google Maps is not valid for their license, but I'm not sure how well their
license maps to ours in this case. A coordinate is basically the only piece
of information they need, so they'd be copying all the information, whereas
for us it's a much smaller detail in an overall work, so it's more like
checking a single entry in a reference book.

I think we're okay :-)

(Besides, in most cases we'd need the satellite view to be sure if the
building isn't specifically mapped already...)

A.


On 14 September 2013 17:08, Andrea Zanni <zanni.andrea84 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, that's a great idea.
> In Italy we have kinda the same problem,
> but we are currently discussing about the "legality" of taking coordinates
> from Google Maps.
> We have several members which are from Open Street Maps and they say that
> is is *illegal*
> (IANAL, so don't discuss with me :-).
>
> Maybe if your tool could take the coordinates from OSM we could solve
> every problem.
>
> Aubrey
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 5:28 AM, Naveen Francis <naveenpf at wikimedia.in>wrote:
>
>> Good tool !!!!
>>
>> Is it possible to enable in en wikipedia ?
>>
>> Indian monuments are poorly located
>>
>> --
>> WLM India team
>> On 14 Sep 2013 03:57, "Vacio" <vacio at riseup.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> In Armenian Wikipedia, we have now a tool which allows users to add
>>> coordinates of a monument using Google-maps in a pop-up window. See example
>>> below:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This might be useful if a lot of coordinates are missing from your lists
>>> (like in our case). The JavaScript can be found here:
>>> [[:hy:MediaWiki:WLMcoord.js]]<https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:WLMcoord.js>).
>>> It was developed by [[u:HrantKhachatrian]].
>>>
>>> If you want to integrate the tool to your local Wikipedia and/or have
>>> any questions, let us know :)
>>>
>>> Vacio
>>>
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