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Geograph Announcements
Important poll on future funding of geograph
As many know, OS sponsorship money for geograph is due to run out (although OS will continue to sponsor us with maps). so we need to raise money to cover our running costs. How to do this was discussed at the Conference 2012 and also in this forum.
We now need widest possible feedback from geograph users on the various possibilities.
Please fill out the poll and survey here.
(I'm afraid it is quite long because it tries to explain each option as well as just asking questions, so those who weren't at the conference or haven't read the thread will get some information from the survey itself.)
We now need widest possible feedback from geograph users on the various possibilities.
Please fill out the poll and survey here.
(I'm afraid it is quite long because it tries to explain each option as well as just asking questions, so those who weren't at the conference or haven't read the thread will get some information from the survey itself.)
AGM etc 2013
Now that Geograph Project Ltd is a registered charity we must have an AGM within 15 months of the last AGM. The latest possible date would be 3 July 2013. When the 2012 conference was proposed, quite a head of steam built up for having it in Scotland...
It's not too early to start mulling it over. What are the best-connected locations? Where are the venues? What sort of event should it be?
It's not too early to start mulling it over. What are the best-connected locations? Where are the venues? What sort of event should it be?
Major Outage
We suffered a server failure this morning, around 10:30
The site is slowly coming back online. But expect a few anomolies. And the site will be generally slow.
Most noticable, just about any search (or search powered feature) will be non functional.
- and the first time you returned since, don't worry if you had to login again.
(No data has been lost, all the services running on the affected machine are being moved to other servers)
The site is slowly coming back online. But expect a few anomolies. And the site will be generally slow.
Most noticable, just about any search (or search powered feature) will be non functional.
- and the first time you returned since, don't worry if you had to login again.
(No data has been lost, all the services running on the affected machine are being moved to other servers)
Donate to MapAction
In recent correspondence with the Geographical Association their Programme Manager, John Lyon, added: I’m running the London Marathon for MapAction which is a disaster relief charity. All donations gratefully accepted. Just click the link
http://www.justgiving.com/John-Lyon0
MapAction
"Before aid agencies can help people in a crisis, their first need is for information. Where are the people in greatest need? Where are the relief resources? Who is doing what already? MapAction delivers this vital information in mapped form, from information gathered at the disaster scene. By creating a 'shared operational picture', our service is crucial in coordinating response and delivering aid to the right place, quickly."
Link
Link
http://www.justgiving.com/John-Lyon0
MapAction
"Before aid agencies can help people in a crisis, their first need is for information. Where are the people in greatest need? Where are the relief resources? Who is doing what already? MapAction delivers this vital information in mapped form, from information gathered at the disaster scene. By creating a 'shared operational picture', our service is crucial in coordinating response and delivering aid to the right place, quickly."
Link
Link
Geograph blocks pinterest.com pinning
We have just instigated a policy of blocking pinning on http://pinterest.com/ .
This means users of the service will not be able to directly pin images from the Geograph websites.
This is motivated by the fact that the method of copying images that pinterest uses, does not promote honoring the Creative Commons licence.
If you are unhappy with any uses of your image(s) already on the site, you should fill out a copyright infringement notice. (alternativly can join, and request a user edits the text to add a credit, looks like the only way is to comment on the image)
Also note this block only works when a user tries to pin from the main "photo page". It doesnt stop them pinning images from other sites (like wikimedia commons) - or other parts of the geograph website (but we have no evidence that is happening).
This means users of the service will not be able to directly pin images from the Geograph websites.
This is motivated by the fact that the method of copying images that pinterest uses, does not promote honoring the Creative Commons licence.
If you are unhappy with any uses of your image(s) already on the site, you should fill out a copyright infringement notice. (alternativly can join, and request a user edits the text to add a credit, looks like the only way is to comment on the image)
Also note this block only works when a user tries to pin from the main "photo page". It doesnt stop them pinning images from other sites (like wikimedia commons) - or other parts of the geograph website (but we have no evidence that is happening).
