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Pax Ahimsa Gethen

@gutenberg_org

Hmm, this seems like a lot of caveats and hoops to jump through for accessing "free" content:
engage.gettyimages.com/bhcc-re

Not exactly surprising coming from #Getty, who (along with #Alamy) allowed other contributors to sell licenses to public domain photos I had taken and uploaded to #WIkimediaCommons, without noting that these photos were available for free.

Black History & Culture Collection Request FormBlack History & Culture Collection Request FormTo request access to the Black History & Culture Collection for non‑commercial/educational usage, please fill out this form.
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Jiří Eischmann

"These features rely on tons of our user-generated data—the fuel of the platform... Crucially to the business, we users perform this crucial labor for free and without any say in the direction of the platform."

And this is why I stopped contributing to #MapyCom (and pretty much all proprietary platforms) and started contributing to #OpenStreetMap and #WikimediaCommons last year.

bikepacking.com/plog/when-we-g

BIKEPACKING.com · When We Get KomootedFollowing the sale of Komoot to private equity, Josh Meissner explores the broken relationship between corporate capital and our communities...
#Komoot#komooted
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contrapunctus ✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Been adding restaurant ratings and reviews to Mangrove Reviews @mangroveReviews using MapComplete @MapComplete (and places to OpenStreetMap and photos to Wikimedia Commons, as usual)

I’ve written 6 reviews so far, and there’s more to come! Plenty of WIP drafts to finish 🙂

This really plays to my strengths, combining my love for

  • writing,
  • improving OpenStreetMap, free data, and freedom-respecting software,
  • reviewing (as a child, I liked to review the theatre I watched with my parents…my parents and their theatre friends would often ask me for my review after the show, and would listen to me intently 🥺)
  • …and trying new things to eat and drink!

If you like my open data reviews, photos, and places, please support me on Liberapay! I need to be able to afford eating out to continue reviewing 😅

PS - MapComplete currently removes all line breaks from the reviews it displays (which breaks things like paragraphs and bullet lists), and Mangrove Reviews truncates the text of the reviews it displays. So there’s no perfect way to view the reviews right now…I’ve let the developers know about these issues and they will hopefully fix them soon.

PPS - Mangrove Reviews stores ratings as a score out of 100. MapComplete displays ratings as fractional stars, but Mangrove Reviews displays them as integer stars. So ratings may look different between the two.

Liberapaycontrapunctus's profile - LiberapayOpenStreetMap I'm a prolific OpenStreetMap contributor. I work in Delhi for most part, and additionally wherever I might happen to travel.
#MangroveReviews#MapComplete#OpenStreetMap
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Henrik Schönemann

Update: Got the right now 🎉
There will be things happening under #SaveOurSigns soon.

Is here someone experienced in setting up #WikimediaCommons Upload Campaigns?

If yes, I got a question re requesting the permission to create one :)
See: commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/C
(related to #SafeguardingResearch)

Boosts very welcome
#Wikimedia

commons.m.wikimedia.orgCommons:Requests for rights - Wikimedia Commons
Sam Wilson

Calling all map and train nerds in #Perth (who'd imagine that there'd be a crossover?): this Sunday is the opening of the new railway line Q120871210, and there's going to be an #OpenStreetMap meetup and travelling mapping party:

geogeeks.org/2025/0608_osm-tho

(We'll be uploading photos to #WikimediaCommons.)

geogeeks.orgGeogeeks PerthGeogeeks is a Perth meetup group having fun with open geospatial, open source GIS, and OpenStreetMap.We're running a series of meetups and events to bring the Perth community together, and shine a light on what's happening in open geospatial. Think QGIS, PostGIS, OpenStreetMap, geospatial Python, and much more.Upcoming events include guest speakers, mapathons, and technical workshops. Everyone welcome!
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Sunset Sakura (:osm: Nelson)

I don't think Wikimedia Commons is enough of an alternative, but is the best that exists.
- Wikimedia foundation is underfunded and gets attacked by many powerful people are against it.
- All images uploaded are licensed as Creative Commons or Public Domain, which is good but many people don't want to put a permissive license on their pictures. Photos added to Google Maps don't have to do this and remain copyrighted.

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#WikimediaCommons

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