The document summarizes a Wikimaps Nordic kickoff event held in Helsinki, Finland. It discusses the participatory commons project and how GLAM institutions could collaborate with Wikimedia to georeference and enrich map collections. Attendees provided feedback on desired Wikimaps functionalities and how their organizations could participate through uploading content, organizing events, or providing expertise. The document outlines potential task groups and working methods for the collaborative project going forward.

1. Wikimaps Nordic kickoff
National Archives of Finland, Helsinki, February 28, 2014
Susanna Ånäs, Wikimedia Suomi
susanna.anas@wikimedia.fi, @susannaanas, @WMFinland
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Background image based on map Bure, Anders and Willem Janszoon: SVECIA, DANIA, ET NORVEGIA : Regna Europæ Septentrionalia.
W. et J. Blaeu, 1635. (Eesti Rahvusraamatukogu)

2. Participatory Commons

8. How it could work

9. GLAM
Wikimedia
Commons

10. GLAMtool
GLAM
Upload
Wikimedia
Commons

11. GLAMtool
GLAM
Upload
Wikimedia
Commons
Wikimaps

12. GLAMtool
GLAM
Upload
Wikimedia
Commons
Wikimaps
Georeferencing

13. GLAMtool
GLAM
Upload
Wikimedia
Commons
Export
Wikimaps
Georeferencing

14. GLAMtool
GLAM
Upload
Wikimedia
Commons
Export
Wikimaps
Georeferencing
Digitizing
OHM

15. GLAMtool
GLAM
Upload
Wikimedia
Commons
Export
Wikimaps
Wikidata
Georeferencing
ヘルシンキ
‫هلسنكي‬
Structured
data
Digitizing
OHM

16. Embed
in Wikipedia
GLAMtool
ヘルシンキ
GLAM
Upload
Wikimedia
Commons
Export
Wikimaps
Wikidata
Georeferencing
ヘルシンキ
‫هلسنكي‬
Structured
data
Digitizing
OHM

17. Embed
in Wikipedia
GLAMtool
ヘルシンキ
GLAM
Upload
Wikimedia
Commons
Enriched
map
Export
Wikimaps
Wikidata
Georeferencing
ヘルシンキ
‫هلسنكي‬
Structured
data
Digitizing
OHM

19. Wikimaps Nordic
Wikimedia chapters
GLAMs
How to make use of Wikimaps?
Wikimedia Norge
Wikimedia Suomi
Tinkering and hacking!
Developing the tools!
Activities with the public!
Wikimedia Sverige
Wikimedia Eesti
Collaborative projects with the partners!
Wikimedia Danmark

20. Survey questions to GLAM participants

21. What functionalities would you expect Wikimaps to offer?
Making georeferenced maps or aerial images with help from the users
Connecting maps to time, places, photographs, information by the users
A platform for serving old maps / a place to find old maps
Creating digital maps from scanned maps with help from the users
Enriching the maps with more information from the users
A place for creating maps from different information sources
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22. What activities would you like the Wikimaps Nordic project to include?
Cooperation in opening map collections. Strategic support.
Collaborative projects with other Nordic GLAMs.
Documentation and recommendations for open maps. Peer advice.
Local events with the public
Other
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23. How would you be able to participate?

24. Opening content / staff time for organizing the content
DIGISAM, SWEDISH
OPENSTREETMAP
OPENSTREETMAP
NATIONAL LAND
NATIONAL ARCHIVES
IN FINLAND
ESTONIA
SURVEY OF FINLAND
A LIBRARY IN
LINKED DATA
SWEDISH NATIONAL
NATIONAL LIBRARY
ESTONIA
FINLAND
HERITAGE BOARD
OF FINLAND
BRAGES
A NORWEGIAN
PRESSARKIV
ORGANIZATION
FORENINGEN
HISTORISK ATLAS
HELSINKI WALKS
AN ORGANIZATION IN NATIONAL ARCHIVES
HELSINKI
OF FINLAND
NATIONAL BOARD OF NATIONAL MUSEUM
ANTIQUITIES
OF DENMARK

25. Organizing events / staff time / resources / space
DIGISAM, SWEDISH
OPENSTREETMAP
OPENSTREETMAP
NATIONAL LAND
NATIONAL ARCHIVES
IN FINLAND
ESTONIA
SURVEY OF FINLAND
A LIBRARY IN
LINKED DATA
SWEDISH NATIONAL
NATIONAL LIBRARY
ESTONIA
FINLAND
HERITAGE BOARD
OF FINLAND
BRAGES
A NORWEGIAN
PRESSARKIV
ORGANIZATION
FORENINGEN
HISTORISK ATLAS
HELSINKI WALKS
AN ORGANIZATION IN NATIONAL ARCHIVES
HELSINKI
OF FINLAND
NATIONAL BOARD OF NATIONAL MUSEUM
ANTIQUITIES
OF DENMARK

26. Offering expert advice / expert staff time
DIGISAM, SWEDISH
OPENSTREETMAP
OPENSTREETMAP
NATIONAL LAND
NATIONAL ARCHIVES
IN FINLAND
ESTONIA
SURVEY OF FINLAND
A LIBRARY IN
LINKED DATA
SWEDISH NATIONAL
NATIONAL LIBRARY
ESTONIA
FINLAND
HERITAGE BOARD
OF FINLAND
BRAGES
A NORWEGIAN
PRESSARKIV
ORGANIZATION
FORENINGEN
HISTORISK ATLAS
HELSINKI WALKS
AN ORGANIZATION IN NATIONAL ARCHIVES
HELSINKI
OF FINLAND
NATIONAL BOARD OF NATIONAL MUSEUM
ANTIQUITIES
OF DENMARK

27. How do you expect Wikimaps to benefit
your organization?

28. How do you expect Wikimaps to benefit your organization?
Our task is to make more cultural heritage material accessible and used
digitally, anything supporting this goal is a good thing for us. More Open Data
is more business opportunities ;-) No idea :) But I'm sure it could benefit our
community, education of our children etc. Help to publish the old aerial imagery
It would bring more users to the maplibrary Expose our collections to new
customers. Promotes research and education. Justifies our digitization efforts. We
have lots of projects concerning open data. Wikimaps could be beneficial to
these ongoing and upcoming projects. By creating an open data application for
georeferencing map collections - by crowd-sourcers Better support for geodata in
wikipedia/wikidata. Bridging gap between OpenStreetmap, open geodata
from the Norwegian mapping authority (Kartverket), better support for/better
understanding of how to integrate georeferenced photos and maps. People,
perhaps earlier uninterested, groups would find new interest on local history (Helsinki).
Digitization of maps Open access to digital maps Crowdsourced metadata
around our maps. A stronger focus on "all things geo"

29. Ways of working

30. Every First Tuesday of the Month
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31. January
February
March
April
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June
July
August
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September
October
November
December
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32. Possible task groups

33. Opening map collections to Wikimedia
Commons

34. Batch upload

35. Metadata

36. Designing Wikimaps tools

37. iD for old maps

38. Wikimaps blog & site

39. Wikimaps Warper

40. Map search

41. Historical gazetteers & changing
administrative borders
Academic collaboration

42. The Pan-Nordic map project

43. The Baltic Sea
Lapland
The First World War
Napoleonic Wars

44. Wiki Loves Maps
Planning the hackathon

45. The aerial images case study

46. Maps & stories

47. Acknowledgements
Jan Ainali, Tim Alder, Michael Andersen, Ole Andersen, John Andersson, Johanna Berg, Erlend
Bjørtvedt, Jerry Clough, André Costa, Maarten Dammers, Vladimir Elistratov, Tom Elliott, Dan Entous,
David Evans, Katie Filbert, Barbara Fischer, Arun Ganesh, Quim Gil, Mark Graham, Andrew Gray, Karl
Grossner, Harald Groven, Muki Haklay, Sumana Harihareswara, David Haskiya, Tuukka Hastrup, Dan
Michael Olsen Heggø, Chris Helenius, Outi Hermans, Vesa Hongisto, Eero Hyvönen, Leif Isaksen,
Lesley Kadish, Kati Katajisto, Tomi Kauppinen, Esa-Pekka Keskitalo, István Kecskeméti, Laura Kolbe,
Hay Kranen, Shekhar Krishnan, Tiina Kruup, Heli Laaksonen, Jaak Laineste, Lauri Leht, Jyrki
Lehtinen, Hugo Lopez, Lars Lundqvist, Mikel Maron, Jeff Meyer, Arend Oudman, Jessica Parlandvon Essen, Vahur Puik, Pekka Sarkola, Humphrey Southall, Jon Harald Søby, Henrik Sørensen,
Jarosław Tuszyński, Erik Uus, Raul Veede, Juha Vilhomaa, Denny Vrandečić, Jacob Wang, Rob
Warren, Tim Waters, Kathy Weimer and many more

48. More info, contact
http://wikimaps.wikimedia.fi
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wikimaps
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikimaps/
Susanna Ånäs, Wikimedia Suomi
susanna.anas@wikimedia.fi, @susannaanas, @WMFinland

49. More info, contact
http://wikimaps.wikimedia.fi
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wikimaps
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wikimaps/
Susanna Ånäs, Wikimedia Suomi
susanna.anas@wikimedia.fi, @susannaanas, @WMFinland