As a demonstration of the power of OpenStreetMap and links into things like Wikidata, I present my DecomissionedAircraftMap. It pulls geodata for displayed aircraft from OpenStreetMap and generates thumbnails from linked Wikidata entries.
Feel free to link some more, the bot pulls new thumbnails once a day.
github.com/watmildon/Decomissi…
#OpenStreetMap #Wikidata #planes #museum
GitHub - watmildon/DecomissionedAircraftMap: Host the style file and images for an Ultra based airplane map
Host the style file and images for an Ultra based airplane map - GitHub - watmildon/DecomissionedAircraftMap: Host the style file and images for an Ultra based airplane mapGitHub
Pietervdvn
in reply to watmildon • • •Allright, I'm taking the bait...
Any #aviation and enthusiasts around here? For all the _red_ circles, we don't know (yet) what the #aircraft type is. You can easily link the correct wikidata entry (but you need an #OpenStreetMap account)
Or if you live closeby, you can actually add a picture #aviationPhotography
#AVGeek
mapcomplete.org/theme.html?z=1…
Maybe @Aviation_Librarian or @cvvhrn or their followers can help out?
MapComplete - editable, thematic maps with OpenStreetMap
mapcomplete.orgPietervdvn
in reply to Pietervdvn • • •MapComplete - editable, thematic maps with OpenStreetMap
mapcomplete.orgwatmildon
in reply to Pietervdvn • • •Pietervdvn
in reply to watmildon • • •MapComplete Studio
mapcomplete.orgPietervdvn
in reply to Pietervdvn • • •For now, you can link as above.
For an official theme, some more research needs to be done. For example: should the 'memorial' questions be included (as some aircrafts will also act as memorial)? Are there other ways aircrafts are represented in OSM, e.g. "memorial=aircraft". Should we retag some of them (500 entries), support both tags, update the wiki, ...
And I currently don't have the time to research all this ;)
watmildon
in reply to Pietervdvn • • •Scarlett B.
in reply to Pietervdvn • • •@pietervdvn thanks for broadcasting this, just the right activity for a lazy afternoon. I came across a problem immediately though, be glad if a more experienced mapper could help - if I know the aircraft to be a replica, do I tag it as the original type, even though technically it's not?
#openstreetmap #aviation
Pietervdvn
in reply to Scarlett B. • • •@f13rf3k Oh god, why must everything be so complicated in the real world...
Perhaps add the wikidata-code of the original model AND the wikidata code of "replica" (Q1232589)? Or add a replica=yes tag on it?
TBH, does it matter that much?
Scarlett B.
in reply to Pietervdvn • • •ImpeccablePenguin
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