Open Travel Culture Jani Patokallio [email_address]

Open Travel Culture

Jani Patokallio

[email_address]

The Idea “ Travelers’ best information source is other travelers. ” -- Evan Prodromou, founder of Wikitravel

“ Travelers’ best information source is other travelers. ”

-- Evan Prodromou,

founder of Wikitravel

Wikitravel.org "Wikipedia meets Lonely Planet" Launched in July 2003 Almost 50,000 articles in 20 languages Over 20,000 in English version alone 10,000+ edits/week Webby Award for Travel in 2007 CC Attribution-ShareAlike license

"Wikipedia meets Lonely Planet"

Launched in July 2003

Almost 50,000 articles in 20 languages

Over 20,000 in English version alone

10,000+ edits/week

Webby Award for Travel in 2007

CC Attribution-ShareAlike license

Printed guides and Wikitravel Press We turn Wikitravel the website into printed Wikitravel guidebooks Addresses an obvious need Internet is good, but sometimes paper is better Current guides are 3-10 years out of date Sold online at Amazon.com Ordinary bookstores are too slow for us!

We turn Wikitravel the website into printed Wikitravel guidebooks

Addresses an obvious need

Internet is good, but sometimes paper is better

Current guides are 3-10 years out of date

Sold online at Amazon.com

Ordinary bookstores are too slow for us!

Flow between website and book: 1) Edit guide 2) Publish guide 3) Deliver guide 4) Read guide 5) Edit guide...

Editorial process Hand-picked editors in charge of books Intimately familiar with destination Receive a royalty on sales Realtime conversion from web to print Automated typesetting with Yucca engine Cross-references, page numbering, indexes, image formatting etc etc

Hand-picked editors in charge of books

Intimately familiar with destination

Receive a royalty on sales

Realtime conversion from web to print

Automated typesetting with Yucca engine

Cross-references, page numbering, indexes, image formatting etc etc

Print on demand Revisions every month Soon: Immediate prints of “live” data Printed on demand at a press near you Under 24 hours from order to print at Amazon

Revisions every month

Soon: Immediate prints of “live” data

Printed on demand at a press near you

Under 24 hours from order to print at Amazon

Sample order Mon: Place your order Wed: Your order ships Fri: Your order arrives (target for regular shipping in continental US, no guarantees unless you order as expedited and may take longer elsewhere) Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

Mon: Place your order

Wed: Your order ships

Fri: Your order arrives

(target for regular shipping in continental US, no guarantees unless you order as expedited and may take longer elsewhere)

Future plans Roll-your-own guides Pick your places, we print your book How fresh do you want it? Absolutely uncensored, latest patrolled version, or human-edited

Roll-your-own guides

Pick your places, we print your book

How fresh do you want it?

Absolutely uncensored, latest patrolled version, or human-edited

The Idea “ map , search, filter and share your flights and travels with friends or the entire world ”

“ map , search, filter and share your flights and travels with friends or the entire world ”

In a nutshell First open-source travel mapping application Launched January 2009 "Web 2.0" interface Map changes in realtime Share your map with friends On Facebook as well CSV/KML import/export

First open-source travel mapping application

Launched January 2009

"Web 2.0" interface

Map changes in realtime

Share your map with friends

On Facebook as well

CSV/KML import/export

Aviation data Commercial airport databases cost >US$1000 The OpenFlights airport and airline DBs are free! As of Jan 2009: 5391 airports 5871 airlines

Commercial airport databases cost >US$1000

The OpenFlights airport and airline DBs are free!

As of Jan 2009:

5391 airports

5871 airlines

Thank you!