MediaWiki Developer Meet-Up 2009/Notes/Mapping

What we need to get embedded maps on Wikimedia sites

 * A database server that mirrors the Planet.osm file
 * A tile rendering infrastructure that works with the database server
 * A way to embed OSM maps in Wikipedia pages

Written notes
Here are notes written down during the session as-is:

Wikipedia & OpenStreetMap Map project

 * Maintainer: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
 * WMDE buying servers (JensFrank)
 * Loading OpenStreetMap data
 * Rendering map tiles
 * Map (e.g. Slippy map or Static map) extension for MediaWiki
 * Coordination needed!

Here's a blog posting about this part of the project, and a follow up discussion on osm-talk.

Geographic data from OpenStreetMap / Wikipedia and other sources

 * Maintainer: Jochen Topf
 * How to bring them together
 * Databases
 * APIs

Wiki projects to improve geodata quality

 * Maintainer: LA2
 * Improve coord templates, standardize & internationalize
 * Exchange experience between language communities

Mailing list

 * A maps-l mailing list now exists.