Last weekend saw hundreds of OpenStreetMappers descend on New York City for State of the Map US 2015. Our very own Andy Mabbett (he’s @pigsonthewing on twitter) was in attendance and gave two talks; the first on Wikidata and it’s inclusion in OpenStreetMap, whilst the second (a 5 minute ‘lightning talk’) was on us, the Mappa Mercia community. Here’s how it played out.
Wikidata for mappers
We are very excited for @pigsonthewing's talk on Wikidata at @sotmus! #SOTMUS
— FixWikiMaps Project (@fixwikimaps) June 6, 2015
. @pigsonthewing speaking about @wikidata at State of the Map US #sotmus pic.twitter.com/tNbRrEzTdp
— Katie Filbert (@filbertkm) June 6, 2015
Matching #wikidata to #OpenStreetMap: "95% certain that these are match and we have proposed" @pigsonthewing speaking at #sotmus
— Mappa Mercia (@mappamercia) June 6, 2015
.@pigsonthewing making a plea for allowing bots to tag OSM with wikidata info. I think he's right. #sotmus
— Tom Lee (@tjl) June 6, 2015
#SOTMUS Over 176K matches for @Wikidata & @OpenStreetMap entities: http://t.co/QBCQjZZ65Z We should let a bot tag these in OSM
— Andy Mabbett (@pigsonthewing) June 6, 2015
.@pigsonthewing's summary: "Wikidata [..] is copyright-free, please use it. You can tag objects in OpenStreetMap with Wikidata IDs" #sotmus
— Mappa Mercia (@mappamercia) June 6, 2015
I raised a ticket about @Wikidata in @OpenStreetMap's "ID" editor. #SOTMUS / @bhousel http://t.co/j6U6cqiATv
— Andy Mabbett (@pigsonthewing) June 7, 2015
You can read more about Andy’s proposal to automate wikidata tagging in OpenStreetMap here. To see which map features already include a wikidata tag check out this map.
Mappa Mercia
Andy’s ‘lightning talk’ on day 2 showed off some of our work and discussed how to build a local community:
Hey cool heritage mapping in England by @pigsonthewing check it out Gopi @theblueyonder #sotmus pic.twitter.com/aIApXXtv0t
— Erica Hagen (@ricaji) June 7, 2015
Enjoyed the prez on how to build a strong local #OSM community. Bottom line: You have to be open & inclusive @pigsonthewing #sotmus
— Datapolitan (@Datapolitan) June 7, 2015
Voice of Megan Smith
On Saturday a surprise speaker was announced – Megan Smith, Chief Technology Officer of the United States. Andy used the opportunity to capture a sample of her voice for ‘voice intro project‘ he instigated on wikipedia. You can listen to the audio clip on her wikipedia page.
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