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Re: Wikimedia Maps Beta

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Post by dogma1138 » Fri, Sep 18, 2015, 11:02 PM UTC

UserRights wrote: post #73

dogma1138 wrote: post #30

Whats the difference between this and wikimapia? Aside from wikimapia having complete maps and orthographic layers ofc...

* Under what license is the data published at wikimapia? * Where can I download the data? * [How] can I use it for my own website?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiMapia

Creative Commons, they have an API if you want to consume the data.

Re: Wikimedia Maps Beta

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Post by jevgeni » Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 8:37 AM UTC

scott_karana wrote: post #79

jevgeni wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, China has very old ties with Outer Manchuria (also known as Priamursk is Russia [1]), so would it be OK for China to invade? There is a lot of shared history around the world, like Alsace-Lorraine, for example. Strangely enough Germany doesn't invade France for some reason... [1] - https://www.quora.com/Is-it-true-that-Russia-Soviet-Union-in...

Eh? I'm not saying it's okay for Russia to invade. Quite the reverse. I'm saying that the mere presence of Russian language signs in Crimea doesn't mean it was caused by the recent events. Your example shows the exact same property. :-)

Oh, I understand. Good point, actually. :)

Re: Wikimedia Maps Beta

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Post by jevgeni » Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 11:13 AM UTC

pluma wrote: post #78

jevgeni wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You mean of the Russian occupation?

Occupation schmockupation. If Russia was Germany, Poland would be getting nervous.

Nobody cares. Isn't it kind of sad, really? I mean that the world pays attention to Russia only when they either kill, steal, or take hostages?

Re: Wikimedia Maps Beta

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Post by oneeyedpigeon » Tue, Sep 29, 2015, 9:27 PM UTC

qntty wrote: post #68

oneeyedpigeon wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also, zoom isn't 'idempotent', which can be annoying.

can you explain what you mean by this?

Sorry for the late reply. I suspected my description might have been on the cryptic side. I was referring to the fact that zooming in one direction, followed by the exact same amount in the other, should return you to exactly the same state; these maps don't quite (i.e. they'll sometimes put you in a different location).