User:Wikigraphist

Wikipedia

I requested a basic fearture, but I hope somes wikimedia boss and OpenStreetMap boss will talk to move quickly to a STRONG & CLOSE Wikimedia-OpenStreetMap collaboration. Wikimaps HAVE TO , one day or an other, move to your technology.

INTRODUCTION: I represent here the 'Wikigraphists', creating maps for Wikipedia. We have create several Map Labs :

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:GL/MAP (new)
• http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:AG/C
• http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Kartenwerkstatt

On the French and German labs, wikigraphists created about 2.000 maps in 3 years.

WIKIPEDIA'S COLORS CONVENTIONS: We are used to pick up roads data from OpenStreetMap. But we have our own Wiki-skin (colors conventions) :

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Maps/Conventions/Exchanges_maps

These conventions and colors have been choice after long talks, for Encyclopedic use : we need less objects than you, but with more vivid colors. Thus, our maps may be include in wiki articles.

NB: we also have our own SVG toolbox :

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Maps/Conventions#SVG_Tool_box_template

REQUEST :

1. Is it possible to customize my account (CSS), to directly get maps display in the Wikipedia style ?
2. May some open-street maps programmers think a little about such Wikipedia-OpenStreetMap association.

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