Wikimaps Nordic was a project by Wikimedia Finland with Nordic Wikimedia chapter to work with GLAM* partners on historical maps. What kind of maps can we find in archives across the Nordic countries? What kind of information can we see in them? What can we create together with the public? Together with partners from the other Nordic countries.
* GLAM = Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums
➔ See the Wikimaps Nordic project report
Wikimaps Nordic is supported by Nordic Culture Fund
Links
➔ Etherpad for Wikimaps Nordic notes http://wmfi.muistio.tieke.fi/wikimaps-nordic
➔ Open budget https://holvi.com/avoinbudjetti/WMFI-Wikimaps/
Posts in the Wikimaps Nordic category

All of Wikimaps Nordic in a report December 20, 2015 - Wikimaps Nordic project has now officially been completed. Nordic Culture Fund and Wikimedia Foundation have supported bringing mapping tools for historical maps to Wikimedia Commons, and creating maps activities especially in the Nordic countries. We welcome you to view the project report and to comment and propose new directions! The work continues with the Wikimaps Warper 2.0 project, […]

Announcing the Wikimaps Nordic kick-off workshop January 10, 2014 - Welcome to the Wikimaps Nordic kick-off workshop! We invite all Nordic partners of the Wikimaps Nordic event to get together in Helsinki. This is the first time we gather around the same table. Let’s learn from each other what challenges we have with old maps and aerial images and set out to solve them together. […]
January Hangouts: Nordic January 10, 2014 - The Nordic Wikimaps community met for the first time online. We had participants from 3 of the 5 countries involved in the project. Our goal was to get to know each other and familiarize with the Wikimaps project, but we ended up also scouting many interesting repositories. People Istvan Kecskemeti, Reko Etelävuori and Tomi Ahoranta (National Archives […]