tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548694469101129309.post9162071565833258238..comments2023-05-04T01:20:34.922-07:00Comments on Geospatial Elucubrations: Semantic MediaWiki: A promising platform for the development of web geospatial crowdsourcing applicationsPierre Racinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17199173181807664396noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548694469101129309.post-72460115117432619802015-07-24T12:39:07.025-07:002015-07-24T12:39:07.025-07:00It would be interesting to know how things have de...It would be interesting to know how things have developed since you first wrote this. Any progress? Do we need more developers to have a look at this? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548694469101129309.post-1034243861313636512013-11-09T02:06:58.186-08:002013-11-09T02:06:58.186-08:00Very nice article. And I have the same opinion on ...Very nice article. And I have the same opinion on the topic of "semantic". It seems that Semantic Web become rather negative buzzword, something about throwing money on the wind.Катков Юрийhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18367689337981660155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548694469101129309.post-82287196305527734392013-10-07T15:36:51.364-07:002013-10-07T15:36:51.364-07:00@Nischay Yes it's entitled "Beyond points...@Nischay Yes it's entitled "Beyond points - How to turn SMW into a complete Geographic Information System".<br /><br />http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/SMWCon_Spring_2013/Beyond_SemanticPierre Racinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17199173181807664396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548694469101129309.post-45908001663039002272013-10-07T09:32:09.163-07:002013-10-07T09:32:09.163-07:00There are a few things I would like to comment on ...There are a few things I would like to comment on here:<br /><br />I don't think developing a skin is so difficult, I have made a few myself.<br /><br />There was a working patch by me to allow for editing geometric objects using Special:MapEditor on a form itself, where it also displayed the previous values. I am not sure if it ever made in though.<br /><br />You are right about the possibilities of SMW in geo-storage. We started storing everything in the form of a string but it is easily possible to add some geospatial storage backend.<br /><br />In all this is a very nice view for the future of SMW. Is your presentation at SMWCon available online?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08217960180898414980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3548694469101129309.post-72043489887659203482013-10-07T09:10:36.893-07:002013-10-07T09:10:36.893-07:00__Very__ interesting, and you've nailed the pr...__Very__ interesting, and you've nailed the pros and cons.<br /><br />The way I have addressed with the security issue is by running more than one wiki and skinning them so you can tell which one you are editing. One for intranet and one for public consumption. It takes 10 minutes to set up a new instance, and there is no license fee, so there is little penalty in having more than one wiki.<br /><br />Skins don't survive upgrades. Every time I upgrade mediawiki I have to edit my custom skin to get it functioning again. Just upgraded last week so for now wildsong.biz looks generic again. <br />Brian H Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02382218557297227049noreply@blogger.com