Submissions/Wikidata and maps: a two-way street

This presentation will take place in Drummond West (level 3) on Sunday 16:00-16:50 as part of Lightning talks 4.

Submission no. L023

Title of your submission: Maps and Wikidata: a two-way street

Type of submission: Lightning talk

Author of the submission: Minh Nguyễn ^💬

Language of presentation: English

E-mail address: mxn1ec5.org

Username: mxn

Country of origin

Affiliation, if any (organisation, company etc.): Mapbox

Personal homepage or blog

Abstract (up to 300 words to describe your proposal)

Mapbox is pioneering the use of open data to power maps and other location services. Through our products, Wikidata helps to power many popular mobile and Web applications worldwide. In this presentation, we’ll show how Wikidata significantly enhances our map and geocoding products, and how we’re contributing back to Wikidata to benefit all Wikidata clients.

What will attendees take away from this session?

An appreciation of the numerous ways in which Wikidata improves geographic data in real-world applications
Awareness of Mapbox and OpenStreetMap

Theme of presentation

Sister Projects

Length of submission: All lightning talks are 5 minutes.

Will you attend Wikimania if your submission is not accepted?: Yes!

Slides or further information (optional): I previously spoke at WikiConference North America 2016 about OpenStreetMap. My colleague Jinalfoflia has proposed a workshop about OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.

Special requests

Is this Submission a Draft or Final?

This is a Completed submission for Wikimania 2017 ready to be reviewed by a member of the Programme Committee.

Interested attendees

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