Geographer (project)
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| Registration | necessary to submit pictures |
| On-line | 2005 (Geograph Britain and Ireland) 2008 (Geograph Germany) |
| http://www.geograph.org.uk/ | |
Geograph is a web-based free project started in the UK in March 2005 as Geograph Britain and Ireland . As part of the project, the region in question will be divided into 1 km² squares. The aim is to collect representative photos within each square. There has been a similar project for Germany since 2008.
construction
The UTM reference system (= Military Grid Reference System) is used as the basis for the squares .
The project is designed as a competition. The aim of the individual is to capture as many squares as possible. A wide variety of ranking lists and evaluation options are offered.
Any registered user can upload photos. Submitted images are reviewed by moderators and classified in two ways:
Geo image - You can only earn a point for images in this category. A geographical point is obtained when the picture is the first in the respective square. In order to receive as many representative images as possible, it is expressly desirable to submit several images within a square. In addition, the submitter receives a personal point in a square for each geographic image that is first for himself .
Extra picture (Supplemental) - Pictures are classified as extra picture that do not represent the square itself and e.g. B. show building parts or plants in close-up.
Images can also be rejected if they do not meet certain quality requirements.
At Geograph Britain and Ireland, which contains considerably more images than Geograph Germany, rules have been introduced according to which points can also be obtained for the second, third and fourth image within a square.
The uploaded photos are under a Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike license, which means that the images can be used under certain conditions, such as naming the author.
Overview of the projects
In addition to Geograph Britain and Ireland and Geograph Germany, there is also Geograph Channel Islands, which covers the Channel Islands. There is also Geograph Ireland, which currently (as of June 2012) still uses the same database as Geograph Britain and Ireland. In the long term, however, a split is planned.
statistics
Geograph Britain and Ireland recorded its millionth image on October 15, 2008, reaching 80% of the squares coverage on May 17, 2012. In June 2012, the third millionth image was submitted.
In May 2012 the 25,000. Image uploaded for Geographer Germany. At the end of June 2012, coverage in Germany was 2.65% of the squares. In April 2020 there are around 172,000 images with 13.52% coverage.
reception
Geographer Britain and Ireland has achieved a high level of recognition and was among others. a. awarded the Yahoo Travel find of the year 2006 .
Two Geograph Conferences have already taken place in England that have been reported in media with a geographic reference.
Web links
- www.geograph.org - Geograph Worldwide Homepage
- Carl Bialik: Geograph's Quixotic Effort To Get Photos Of Every Square Kilometer Of Great Britain And Ireland. In: FiveThirtyEight. August 15, 2014, archived from the original on April 15, 2018 .
- Matthew Moore: 'Modern Domesday book' builds photo archive of UK. In: The Telegraph. December 27, 2008, archived from the original on April 15, 2018 .
- You've been framed - national photography project meets in Southampton. (No longer available online.) In: www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey, February 17, 2010, archived from the original on June 5, 2011 (English): “Since 2005 the Geograph project, sponsored by the national mapping agency, has been trying to collect a photo representing every single kilometer of the country. After five years and with almost 1.7 million images now amassed, the community of users is coming together for the first time. "