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The wikimapia.org isn't bigger is really a shame. That site is like a treasure. To be fair, how interesting it can be totally depends on the community of your
by fireattack 6y ago
The wikimapia.org isn't bigger is really a shame. That site is like a treasure.
To be fair, how interesting it can be totally depends on the community of your city. The place I used to live seem to have one or two people that are very passionate, almost all the buildings are marked and often have interesting tidbits and trivia attached to them. I used to spend hours reading it. The city I currently live, on the contrary, is relatively dry in that regard. Still useful, but not something I can binge-read on.
On the technical side though, I feel like they're always lacking even before the whole GMaps API thing. It has so many bugs (and site is slow), to a point that viewing or editing become annoying from time to time.
- soupysoupysoup 6y agoI was very passionate about Wikimapia as an actual wiki for everyday people to add to in the first few years. There was a lot of graffiti, but it was also building into a great resource for local interest and history. Then the cost concerns picked up and deletion wars began. The emphasis was on removing all places and content not considered "significant" and current. Real estate and business became the primary focus and the wiki aspect fell away. I loved how that site started.
- fireattack 6y agoDidn't even know about the deletion war. That's unfortunate.