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Linking OpenStreetMap and Wikidata

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Linking OpenStreetMap and Wikidata
Wikimania 2019

[[:en:Wikidata|Wikidata]] and [[:en:OpenStreetMap|OpenStreetMap]] (OSM) are collaborative [[:en:open data|open data]] projects that contain structured data for real world places and things. Adding [[:en:linked data|links between the projects]] makes the data more useful, but doing this by hand is laborious. I've written a software tool that automates much of the process. Editors of OSM can use my software to search for a place or region, generating a list of candidate matches from Wikidata, which can then be checked and saved to OSM. Linking the two projects isn't without controversy. They use different [[:en:free license|licenses]] which raises questions about what information from one project can be copied to the other. I will talk about the benefits of linking, the process of finding matches, the community response - including the controversy - and how people can get involved. The software is available at https://osm.wikidata.link/

Speakers: Edward Betts