Placeopedia
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Placeopedia is an online gazetteer which integrates Google Maps images (including satellite photos) and Wikipedia encyclopedia articles using user-generated content. Placeopedia was constructed by UK-based mySociety and started in September 2005.
After a user has registered with an e-mail address, they can place a 'pin' on a location on a map (at an appropriate zoom level) associated with a relevant article from the English Wikipedia for that location. Then when anyone views the map, links to the Wikipedia entries associated with each pin are visible, as well as the user name of who added the pin. Corrections can be filed, to be reviewed by Placeopedia staff.
The information can also be viewed in Google Earth: a view-based refreshing KML file is provided.
The site also provides syndicated data (via RSS) under a Creative Commons license, though the precise license is not specified. The bulk database is not provided for download.
Several separate projects have now been started which provide Google Earth links to Wikipedia articles but make direct use of coordinates in articles and so do not require additional user input.
External links
- [Placeopedia.com]
- Similar projects
- * [Alder-digital.de] Google Earth coordinates for English Wikipedia articles
- * [Pintomap.com] Google Map showing articles from English Wikipedia
- * [Geonames.org] Google Map showing Wikipedia articles from many languages, and short blurbs about every location
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