[okfn-labs] Global Economic Map on Wikimedia

Thu Aug 22 18:17:20 UTC 2013

Thanks Rufus and Jimena,

I'm planning to attend OKCon 2013 in Geneva so that would be a good time to
meet up. I'm excited to learn more about the OKF and get involved.

-Alex

On 21 August 2013 04:24, Jimena Martinez <jimenamartine at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Alex
> Great job, thanks for sharing. I think that would be really useful having
> all these data on maps. I think we could link them to fusion tables on
> google or other mapping solutions to show all these data in a more
> comprehensive way. I don´t know if that is part of the project, or you are
> focused on the original data, but I think it could be an interesting
> improvement.
> I can volunteer and make some geo visualizations and maybe they can be
> linked in the same web in wikimedia or in the okfn if the project goes
> there finally.
> Let me know if you want me to help there
>
> Jimena
>
>
> 2013/8/21 Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>
>
>> Hi Alex (and colleagues!),
>>
>> I, and I'm sure others, would definitely be interested in the project
>> which sounds great.
>>
>> There are also obvious connections with http://data.okfn.org/ and its
>> focus on "key datasets" (i.e. essential indicator and reference datasets
>> like GDP, Inflation etc).
>>
>> Rufus
>>
>>
>> On 21 August 2013 03:51, Alex Peek <alexpeek1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Here is a link to the homepage:
>>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Global_Economic_Map
>>>
>>> The Global Economic Map is a collection of standardized data sets of
>>> economic statistics built by volunteers through wiki collaboration. The
>>> format is designed to be concise and readable to common laypersons. Every
>>> country, region and city in the world will have their own article. The
>>> format is a collection of tables presenting economic statistics from the
>>> Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Census, World
>>> Bank, International Labor Organization, U.S. Census, CIA Factbook, IMF, SEC
>>> filings and other professional sources.
>>>
>>> List of country articles:
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/sandbox/Country_articles
>>>
>>> Lists of regional articles:
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/sandbox/Regional_lists
>>>
>>> Lists of city articles:
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mcnabber091/sandbox/City_lists
>>>
>>> Any advice for how the Global Economic Map project can get involved with
>>> the Open Knowledge Foundation? Or anybody interested to volunteer?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Alex
>>>
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