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WikiMapia is an online map and satellite imaging resource that combines Google Maps with a wiki system, allowing users to add information (in the form of a note) to any location on Earth. For the acronyms, see MAP and MAPS. A map is a symbolized depiction of a space which highlights relations between components (objects, regions, themes) of that space. ...
In the broadest sense, remote sensing is the measurement or acquisition of information of an object or phenomenon, by a recording device that is not in physical or intimate contact with the object. ...
Screenshot of Google Maps showing a route from Toronto to Ottawa on the 400-Series highways. ...
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This article is about Earth as a planet. ...
Created by Alexandre Koriakine and Evgeniy Saveliev, the project was launched on May 24, 2006 and is aiming towards "describing the whole planet Earth". WikiMapia is unrelated to Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation, but the website states that it was "inspired by Wikipedia." This biographical article does not cite its references or sources. ...
Evgeniy Alexandrovich Saveliev (Russian: Савельев Евгений ÐлекÑандрович) born July 23, 1981 in Russia. ...
is the 144th day of the year (145th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
This article is about Earth as a planet. ...
Wikipedia (IPA: , or ( ) is a multilingual, web-based, free content encyclopedia project, operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization. ...
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WikiMapia allows any contributor to add a "Hotspot" to any map by marking out a rectangle (with the maximum length of any one side being 20 kilometres) which is wiki-linked to a note providing information about the locality. The note may be in any of 64 languages currently supported, and may be modified by any contributor, as in a wiki. The link is activated by clicking within the rectangular "Hotspot".
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A project has begun to translate the user interface of WikiMapia into 64 languages other than the current English interface. is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
is the 326th day of the year (327th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
is the 67th day of the year (68th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...
is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...
Especially in some areas of the world with out-of-date or very expensive mapping, such as India, growth has been phenomenally rapid. However, this rapid growth has brought problems of its own with urban areas being covered with thousands of overlapping rectangles marking the position of private residences, but with no facility available in the WikiMapia interface to display places of public interest (as opposed to those of very restricted interest such as private houses, flats and apartments).
New features and plans In the initial implementation, WikiMapia had no registered users and no administrative hierarchy. All users edited anonymously and there was no mechanism for monitoring or disciplining problematic users. A user registration system started on 8 October 2006. Users who have been registered for three days or more are granted some administrative powers, including the power to move, resize, delete, or protect objects. "Points" are granted to active users for adding, reviewing, and correcting places; as points accumulate, a user is allegedly granted additional powers. Active users of Wikipedia, and users in contact with Wikimapia before October 5, 2006, are exempt from the three-day waiting period. is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
is the 278th day of the year (279th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
WikiMapia screenshot showing Bangalore city. Notice hotspot outlined in yellow and associated green polygon showing actual irregular city limits. On 23 March 2007 the ability to outline an irregular polygon in green (in addition to the original hotspot rectangle of variable size) was another new feature introduced in WikiMapia. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 295 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Wikimapia showing Bangalore city. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 295 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Wikimapia showing Bangalore city. ...
, Bangalore (Bengalūru) (Kannada: ; pronunciation: in Kannada and in English) is the capital of the state of Karnataka in [[India]. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore has an estimated metropolitan population of 6. ...
is the 82nd day of the year (83rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...
Before November 2007, WikiMapia plans to greatly improve overall site functionality. [1]
Business model The site generates some income with Google ads. In July 2007, the founders of WikiMapia decided to start looking for an investorto accomplish their plans. AdSense is an ad serving program run by Google. ...
Interoperability A GPS receiver can be connected to WikiMapia using a plug-in program (beta, download for Windows OS from WikiMapia site). The Global Positioning System (GPS) is the only fully functional Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). ...
This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
Limited WikiMapia functionality is available on:
WikiMapia may be incorporated into any Internet website by its webmaster. One opens WikiMapia, selects the desired option, and chooses "Map on your page" from the WikiMapia menu. The user then selects the map coordinates and inserts the indicated HTML code into the desired website code. Unfortunately, as of July 2007, the WikiMapia site still does not describe the licensing terms of user-contributed information and still does not provide a way for third parties to download the contributed information (except by directly viewing contributed information directly at the WikiMapia site). However, there are now plans to finish the API (which is already used in MGmaps and Google Earth) so that plugins can then be made to convert geo-information data into the desired format. [2] Google Earth is a virtual globe program that was originally called Earth Viewer and was created by Keyhole, Inc. ...
Mobile GMaps running on a Nokia 6600 phone Mobile GMaps is a free piece of software that displays Google Maps and MSN Virtual Earth maps and satellite imagery on Java-enabled mobile phones, PDAs or other devices. ...
Criticism A problematical aspect to the open for all edit model in WikiMapia is that both unthinking users and out and out vandals have considerable scope for cluttering the virtual world of WikiMapia with superfluous features and erroneous or obscene comments.
The small number of voluntary and officially unrecognised enforcers is different to the selection of administrators on Wikipedia, where administrators are chosen by a more open process. Wikipedia (IPA: , or ( ) is a multilingual, web-based, free content encyclopedia project, operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization. ...
See also Google Earth is a virtual globe program that was originally called Earth Viewer and was created by Keyhole, Inc. ...
Placepedia Geoencyclopedia Placeopedia is an online application which integrates Google Maps images (including satellite photos) and Wikipedia encyclopedia articles. ...
This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
Screenshot of World Wind showing USGS Urban Ortho-Imagery of Huntington Beach, Los Angeles World Wind is a virtual globe developed by NASA for use on personal computers running Microsoft Windows. ...
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OpenStreetMap of Chester OpenStreetMap is a collaborative, project create Free maps using data from portable GPS devices. ...
References - ^ Edit by WikiMapia co-founder 4 July 2007
- ^ WP Edit by WikiMapia co-founder 5 July 2007
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