Submissions/WikiMiniAtlas - the interactive world map for Wikipedia

This is an accepted submission for Wikimania 2015.

Submission no.: 3054

Title of the submission: WikiMiniAtlas - the interactive world map for Wikipedia

Type of submission (discussion, hot seat, panel, presentation, tutorial, workshop): presentation

Author of the submission: Daniel Schwen

E-mail address: wikimaniaschwen.de

Username: User:Dschwen

Country of origin: Germany/USA

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Abstract (at least 300 words to describe your proposal)

WikiMiniAtlas, an interactive slippy map JavaScript gadget, has been in development for about ten years and is deployed in numerous Wikipedias, most notably the english language project. In this presentation I will highlight the latest developments on WikiMiniAtlas since my presentation at the Wikimania 2012 in DC. A lot has happened since then, most notable client side map rendering, which allows virtually infinite zoom into the map and arbitrary resolution display (Retina), and WebGL based 3D rendering of building data on the map. On the technical side I will throw a light on the various client-side and server-side parts that work together to make up this complex application, such as Custom server software for on-demand map-tile rendering, on-demand processing of LANDSAT satellite data, and automatic article summary generation. The challenges of the unique design decision of showing textual labels of Wikipedia article titles rather than just symbols will be presented, with focus on server-side label retrieval using presorted data structures (quadtrees), importance sorting, and client side layout.

The social aspects of the project, such as experiences with i18n, and various third-party projects supplying data for the map such as OpenStreetMap, WIWOSM, and collaborative geo data extraction efforts will be presented. Lastly I will give an outlook on the new directions the development of this gadget may be taking, such as client side label collision suppression, and new map projections.

Track: Technology, Interface & Infrastructure

Length of session (if other than 30 minutes, specify how long): 30 minutes

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To give you an idea of how the talk will look, I'm linking to my 2012 presentation slides. Of course this presentation will be completely new if the proposal gets accepted. '

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