Wikidata:WikidataCon 2017/Submissions/Using Wikidata to power the future of cartography
This is an Open submission for WikidataCon 2017 that has not yet been reviewed by the members of the Program Committee.
- Submission no. 70
- Title of the submission
Using Wikidata to power the future of cartography
- Author(s) of the submission
- Arun Ganesh user:Planemad
- E-mail address
- arun.planemad
gmail.com
- Country of origin
- India
- Affiliation, if any (organisation, company etc.)
- Mapbox
- Type of session
- Length of session
- 15 mins
- Ideal number of attendees
- 40
- Abstract
Multilingual maps powered by the crowdsourced data from the Wikidata and OpenStreetMap Projects are reaching millions of users worldwide through the Mapbox mapping platform. In this demo, we will see how the data in Wikidata can be leveraged to create high quality maps, multilingual map search and how the various open source mapping libraries can be used to create a new generation of rich media that can change how we explore the world.
- What will attendees take away from this session?
- How Wikidata can enrich the OpenStreetMap data to open new possibilities in cartography
- How Wikidata can be used as a quality control dataset for other open source projects like OSM
- How open source mapping libraries for web and mobile can be used to leverage Wikidata powered maps for new interactive experiences
- Slides or further information
- Special requests
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