1. Wikimaps
We are here. Where do we go next?
Iberoconf 2014 - El IV Encuentro Wikimedia Iberoamericano
22 November 2014, Buenos Aires
Susanna Ånäs, Wikimedia Suomi
susanna.anas@wikimedia.fi, @susannaanas, @WMFinland

2. What is Wikimaps?

3. Bringing old maps to Wikimedia Commons
Extracting historical geodata from them
Following the opportunities for location-based storytelling

4. We are here

21. Where do we go next?
Compass Rose Justin Pickard in Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0

22. The maker space

23. Map discovery
Tools for maps
Mapping projects
Community platform

24. Tools for maps

25. New interface and features for the Warper
OpenHistoricalMap development
Placing photographs in time and space
Historical gazetteer
Microcontributions
Storytelling tools
More tools!

26. The Wikimaps Warper
UI mockups

40. OpenHistoricalMap

49. Placing photographs

50. Example: SecondTake, rephotography, Norway
http://secondtake.eu/

51. Example: Ajapaik, rephotography, Estonia
http://ajapaik.ee/

52. Example: Mapillary, crowdsourced street view, Sweden
http://www.mapillary.com/

53. Historical gazetteer

54. Historical place names, locations, variants and changes
Collaborating with academic projects
Tools for extracting data from maps in Wikimaps
Wikidata as a reference gazetteer

55. Microcontributions
Jared Zimmermann (WMF) at Wikimania 2014: The Interface Vision (slides)

56. Local history

57. Wikipedia is ill-suited for local history
The topics are often not notable
There are enthusiasts doing original research
A middle platform is needed
Wikipedia TOWN is a great example

59. Wikipedia TOWN, Japan
https://www.facebook.com/groups/WikipediaTown/
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61. Experimenting

62. Hackathons are great for experimenting
Wiki Loves Maps hackathon in Helsinki, February 2015
Theme by a regional network: Historical Aleksanterinkatu St.
Create or enable online collaborative storytelling elements
A new project model: Wikimaps Expedition

63. Aerial images
Photographs
Building data
Documents

64. Storytelling elements

65. Original research Interviews, documentation
Non-notable materials Private photos, personal histories
Conflicting views Parallel articles
Presentation Timelines, map stories, narrated slideshows
Media Video! Sound!
Participation Collaborative enquiry, creation, exchange

66. Wikimaps Expedition

67. Select a location to study
Engage GLAMs, experts, wikimedians, mappers and locals
Upload maps, images and other documents in Commons
Create articles in Wikipedia, interpret old maps
Introduce the project: Field trips, meetings, publicity
Congregate on location for an expedition for collaborative
workshops, interviews, collection events and documentation
Start an ongoing editing practice

68. Networks and allies

69. We can create networks and build a community of interest
Wikimaps Nordic with Nordic Wikimedia chapters
Wikimaps and OpenHistoricalMap
Wikimedia Indonesia and Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
Wikimedia Italia and OSM
South American OpenStreetMappers met at State of the Map
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-latam
Local and international scholarly, GLAM and expert networks

71. State of the Map Baltics 2013, Jõmmu, SK53 OSM, CC By-SA 2.0

72. Join the network!
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wikimaps
Documentation and features
wikimaps.wikimedia.fi Blog
wikimaps.wikimedia.fi/events Every first Tuesday of the Month
Wikimaps Nordic 16:00
Wikimaps Designers & Developers 18:00 EET/EEST
www.facebook.com/groups/wikimaps/
lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimaps

73. Acknowledgements
Jan Ainali, Tim Alder, Michael Andersen, Ole Andersen, John Andersson, Elton Barker, Johanna Berg,
Samppa Bernelius, Erlend Bjørtvedt, John Erling Blad, Jerry Clough, André Costa, Simone Cortesi, Maarten
Dammers, Vladimir Elistratov, Tom Elliott, Dan Entous, Beat Estermann, David Evans, Sandra Fauconnier,
Katie Filbert, Barbara Fischer, Arun Ganesh, Quim Gil, Mark Graham, Andrew Gray, Karl Grossner, Harald
Groven, Muki Haklay, Sumana Harihareswara, Derk-Jan Hartman, David Haskiya, Tuukka Hastrup, Dan
Michael Olsen Heggø, Chris Helenius, Jaakko Helleranta, Outi Hermans, Vesa Hongisto, Eero Hyvönen, Ari
Häyrinen, Leif Isaksen, Lesley Kadish, Jakub Kaniewsky, Kati Katajisto, Tomi Kauppinen, Esa-Pekka
Keskitalo, István Kecskeméti, Matt Knutzen, Laura Kolbe, Hay Kranen, Shekhar Krishnan, Tiina Kruup, Heli
Laaksonen, Jaak Laineste, Lauri Leht, Jyrki Lehtinen, Eva Lepik, Joonas Loide, Hugo Lopez, Lars
Lundqvist, Mikel Maron, Frank Meijer, Gerard Meijssen, Jeff Meyer, Kirsi Mäkinen, Jeph Paul, Gonzalo
Gabriel Pérez, Arend Oudman, Jessica Parland-von Essen, Jeph Paul, Petr Pridal, Vahur Puik, Pekka
Sarkola, Jaime Lyn Schatz, Rainer Simon, Humphrey Southall, Jon Harald Søby, Henrik Sørensen, Anna
Torres, Jarosław Tuszyński, Erik Uus, Kaarel Vaidla, Raul Veede, Juha Vilhomaa, Kimmo Virtanen, Denny
Vrandečić, Jacob Wang, Rob Warren, Tim Waters, Kathy Weimer, Tove Ørsted ja many others.

74. Contact
http://wikimaps.wikimedia.fi
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wikimaps
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikimaps/
lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimaps
Susanna Ånäs, Wikimedia Suomi
susanna.anas@wikimedia.fi, @susannaanas, @WMFinland