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content='Help and support'> <meta itemprop='keywords' content='imagery, wikimedia-commons'> <div itemprop='publisher' itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization"> <meta itemprop='name' content='OpenStreetMap Foundation'> <div itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <meta itemprop='url' content='https://community-cdn.openstreetmap.org/uploads/default/original/2X/2/20f6c7508cd8bb64ed4a4e5213b0bd3662479bfb.png'> </div> </div> <div id='post_1' class='topic-body crawler-post'> <div class='crawler-post-meta'> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" href='https://community.openstreetmap.org/u/mvexel'><span itemprop='name'>mvexel</span></a> (Martijn van Exel) </span> <link itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" href="https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/applications-that-use-osm-data-and-linked-wikimedia-commons-images/105072"> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time datetime='2023-10-19T00:29:40Z' class='post-time'> October 19, 2023, 12:29am </time> <meta itemprop='dateModified' content='2023-10-19T00:29:40Z'> <span itemprop='position'>1</span> </span> </div> <div class='post' itemprop='text'> <p>I am sitting here with a mapper friend who started contributing images to Wikimedia Commons and linking them to existing OSM objects using the <code>wikimedia_commons=*</code> tag.</p> <p>Does anyone know of an app that uses these links to display the images alongside an OSM map in some way?</p> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="0" /> <span class='post-likes'></span> </div> </div> <div id='post_2' itemprop='comment' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/Comment' class='topic-body crawler-post'> <div class='crawler-post-meta'> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" href='https://community.openstreetmap.org/u/Minh_Nguyen'><span itemprop='name'>Minh_Nguyen</span></a> (Minh Nguyễn) </span> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop='datePublished' datetime='2023-10-19T02:03:17Z' class='post-time'> October 19, 2023, 2:03am </time> <meta itemprop='dateModified' content='2023-10-19T02:03:17Z'> <span itemprop='position'>2</span> </span> </div> <div class='post' itemprop='text'> <p><a href="https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/wikimedia_commons#projects">Taginfo</a> lists a few data consumers that support this tag, primarily OsmAnd and <a href="https://etymology.dsantini.it/" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">Open Etymology Map</a>/<a href="https://artist.dsantini.it/" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">Open Artist Map</a>/etc.</p> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="4" /> <span class='post-likes'>4 Likes</span> </div> </div> <div id='post_3' itemprop='comment' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/Comment' class='topic-body crawler-post'> <div class='crawler-post-meta'> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" href='https://community.openstreetmap.org/u/Sam_Wilson'><span itemprop='name'>Sam_Wilson</span></a> (Sam Wilson) </span> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop='datePublished' datetime='2023-10-19T05:00:23Z' class='post-time'> October 19, 2023, 5:00am </time> <meta itemprop='dateModified' content='2023-10-19T05:00:23Z'> <span itemprop='position'>3</span> </span> </div> <div class='post' itemprop='text'> <p>I add lots of photos to Commons, but I never use the <code>wikimedia_commons</code> tag — instead, I make sure the OSM item has a <code>wikidata</code> tag and that the Wikidata item is linked to a Commons category containing the photos. I figure that’s easier than updating OSM with the same info that’s available on Wikidata (for this case; there are plenty of other tags that I think do make sense to effectively duplicate).</p> <p>The tool I use (and wrote) to help with this linking is <a href="https://wdlocator.toolforge.org" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">wdlocator.toolforge.org</a>.</p> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="0" /> <span class='post-likes'></span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <footer class="container wrap"> <nav class='crawler-nav'> <ul> <li itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement'> <span itemprop='name'> <a href='/' itemprop="url">Home </a> </span> </li> <li itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement'> <span itemprop='name'> <a href='/categories' itemprop="url">Categories </a> </span> </li> <li itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement'> <span itemprop='name'> <a href='/guidelines' itemprop="url">Guidelines </a> </span> </li> <li itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement'> <span itemprop='name'> <a href='https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use' itemprop="url">Terms of Service </a> </span> </li> <li itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement'> <span itemprop='name'> <a href='https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy' itemprop="url">Privacy Policy </a> </span> </li> </ul> </nav> <p class='powered-by-link'>Powered by <a href="https://www.discourse.org">Discourse</a>, best viewed with JavaScript enabled</p> </footer> <div class="buorg"><div>Unfortunately, <a href="https://www.discourse.org/faq/#browser">your browser is unsupported</a>. 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