Wikimapia
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| We describe the world! | |
| collaborative mapping of the world | |
| languages | 101 languages, including German |
| editorial staff | Alexandre Koriakine and Evgeniy Saveliev |
| items | over 26 million objects |
| user | 1.5 million |
| Registration | optional |
| On-line | May 24, 2006 (currently active) |
| http://www.wikimapia.org/ | |
Wikimapia is a web interface that combines (satellite) maps with a limited wiki system without hypertext functions. It allows the user to add information in the form of a note to any position on earth. Rectangles and polygons are drawn on the map and labeled in up to 64 languages. The project was founded by Alexander Korjakin and Yevgeny Savelyev and started on May 24, 2006. In addition to the satellite maps from Google Maps (standard setting), there is also the option of switching to other maps from Google, Bing, OpenStreetMap and Yahoo (top right below the search).
Sponsorship
There is neither an imprint nor a reference to the organizational structure on the site. Only in the user conditions one finds the note “ The website is controlled and offered by Wikimapia from its facilities in the United States of America ” without further details. The domain wikimapia.org has been registered for JSV KOMANDA (Alexandre Koriakine, Evgeniy Saveliev) in Moscow since January 26, 2006 .
Nothing more is known about the business model and the goals of the founders, at least the service generates income via Google Adsense advertising.
Wikimapia is not affiliated with Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation . The initiators say it was inspired by Wikipedia.
The recorded data has been offered under the free license CC-BY-SA since 2012 .
history
In the original implementation , there were no registered users and no administrative hierarchy. Anyone could edit anonymously, and there were no mechanisms to monitor or discipline problem users.
Such a registration system was introduced on October 8, 2006. Users who are registered for more than three days can also perform administrative tasks such as changing the position and size of objects, deleting and protecting. Points are awarded for adding, checking and correcting entries. Depending on the number of points, there are further rights that privileged members can withdraw without discussion.
growth
- 1 million marks: August 16, 2006
- 2 million marks: November 22, 2006
- 3 million marks: March 8, 2007
- 4 million marks: June 25, 2007
- 5 million marks: October 9, 2007
- 6 million marks: January 24, 2008
- 7 million marks: May 17, 2008
- 8 million marks: August 2, 2008
- 9 million marks: December 16, 2008
- 10 million marks: May 5, 2009
- 11 million marks: February 21, 2010
- 20 million marks as of December 23, 2012
- 24 million marks: April 1, 2015
- 25 million marks: August 5th, 2015
- 26 million marks: March 29, 2016
See also
Web links
- Wikimapia (requires JavaScript )
Individual evidence
- ↑ wikimapia.org
- ↑ wikimapia.org
- ^ Wikimapia terms reference. Retrieved January 19, 2013 .
- ↑ Happy Birthday Wikimapia! (No longer available online.) Wikimapia.org forum, archived from the original on August 14, 2012 ; Retrieved January 19, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ one million localities (English)
- ^ Wikimapia Chronology
