Wikimapia- Wikipedia meets Google Maps
The picture shows London, where I live and I’ve highlighted the Old Essex Cricket ground (until 1977) as I live within a couple of hundred yards of it. WikiMapia is a Web 2.0 project to describe the whole planet Earth. It was created by Alexandre Koriakine and Evgeniy Saveliev.
Wikimapia combines Google Maps with Wikipedia entries that are located on the map. Users can add them local to them. Not all places have a corresponding entry in Wikipedia. I’m not quite sure what happens with those.
Before places can be added they have to be voted in and at least 24 hours old. It’s an interesting idea and judging by the site’s popularity is getting a lot of attention. So if you want to put your place on the map just sign up. It’s free
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Posted: November 16th, 2008 under google, maps, mash-up.
Tags: google maps, mash-up, wikipedia
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