Dartmoor camping related map data (UK)

I’m about to head camping on Dartmoor, and wanted to go prepped with some of the various map related data that I will need. Basically, where to camp, and where not to camp…

Searching around I managed to find this basic set of infomation

And from that went and found some slightly more structured mapping information about the area

The camping locations KML can be downloads and used however you want. For convenience I have re uploaded the current file to this Google Maps map.

The OpenStreetMap data can also be extracted and converts to KML, and uploaded to Google maps, which I have done so for the current versions on this Google Maps map.

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Wikimania Open Data Weekend

Wikimania 2014 logoThe Open Data Weekend was fringe event to the Wikimania conference this year. It took place in Frobisher Room One at The Barbican Centre in London on the 5 & 6th of July and was well attended.

The weekend included:

  • Discussion about how open data, specifically Wikidata, is helping the Wikimedia movement as a whole covering its current integration with sister projects such as Wikipedia and Wikisource as well as future integration with these as well as Wikimedia Commons.
  • A general discussion on open data and the philosophy and the Semantic Web technologies.
  • Exploring various tools and applications that run and depend on the data stored within Wikidata and Wikimedia projects.

Unfortunately I am writing this post in 2015  and various details have fallen out of my mind… Luckily there is an EtherPad that contains lots of notes!

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