Wikitravel:Expedition 'Karten'

In der englischen Version gibt es eine Expedition zur Erstellung von Landkarten und Stadtplänen. Wer sich mit diesem Thema befassen möchte, sollte sich hier eintragen, aber sich zunächst an der englischen Expedition beteiligen. Falls mehr als 5 deutschsprachige Wikitraveller an der Expedition teilnehmen, können wir darüber nachdenken, ob es Sinn macht, eine deutschsprachige Expedition zum gleichen Thema zu starten.

Expeditionsteilnehmer:

• Srml
• Nicamds
• Friedjoff
• FloK

Public-Domain-Quellen

• planiglobe - online map creation. Map generator with world coverage. Customized maps in Postscript and Illustrator versions (vector format) can be downloaded (cc-by-2.5 license). Locations and tracks can be added to a map.

• DEMIS World Map Server. Absolutely amazing online service for generating maps of any point on the globe in realtime. License: With this statement DEMIS BV grants you permission to freely copy the PNG images returned by our server and use them for your own purposes, including web pages. We would appreciate a reference to our server but such a reference is not required, nor do we take responsibility for the accuracy or quality of the maps.

• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection at University of Texas. Most maps in the collection are public domain; copyrighted ones are clearly marked as such.

• The United States Census Bureau makes their TigerLine map data of the United States available to the public domain. Note that this is raw database information that needs to be manipulated a bit to be of use.

• The CIA "World Factbook" is public domain, but has mostly bitmapped maps at the country or continent level. There are quite a few maps on Wikitravel from the factbook; see Wikitravel:CIA World Factbook 2002 import.

Weitere Links

• [1] - Im GisWiki sind haufenweise gute Resourcen zu finden.