Do you have any information on the success of the mapping project? And, of the approach
followed to mobilize the crowd?
We would like to use crowd sourcing for georeferencing old maps of Belgium from the 18th century. Maybe you know of similar projects?
With best regards,
Rink
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Verzonden: Zaterdag 17 oktober 2009 21:00:15
Onderwerp: FW: US city to start giant 'mapathon'
US city to start giant 'mapathon'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8305924.stm
In case of interest for comparison (etc.) purposes, I fwd this BBC page
as it may have escaped the notice of 'Lis-maps'.
FH
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