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An enthusiastic user of wikipedia, he has input into the pages on Rochester in Kent, Transport in Kent, Strood, Frindsbury, Kent, Sundials and the computer language Logo. A computer science teacher by profession and for twelve years a local government councillor.

He uses a Fuji F610 and S9600 to provide photos for just about anything,see here and uploading them to Commons, and is now using Inkscape to provide much needed maps and diagrams.

He has written a Javascript Tool to assist with converting:

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Contents

[edit] Techniques I use

[edit] Basic Equipment

One Laptop IBM Thinkpad R50e running

  • XP Pro
  • Firefox
  • Inkscape
  • Commonist
  • Irfan view

One Desktop Generic running

  • Ubuntu 7.04
  • Firefox
  • Inkscape

Fuji F610 compact camera, S9600 compact camera

[edit] Beliefs

All articles should be illustrated.
All images should go on commons, fairuse should be avoided
All images must contain a Geotag giving location of the camera

[edit] To enter images on a Wikipedia page

  1. Take the photograph. Take many. Take extra of information boards, street signs to aid with adding metadata to the photos you want.
  2. Uploading:Upload to folder on desktop. In XP use MyComputer to find the camera. Click. Find the subdirectory Fuji101. Drag this to the Desktop. Rename this to YY-MMLocation.
  3. Renaming:Use IrfanView thumbnails. (Repeat till all are renamed.)
    • Use left panel to locate YY-MMLocation.
    • Highlight a group of files.
    • Press B. The batch rename dialogue opens.
    • Batch rename button = true. ClickSetrename options.
    • Name pattern= $N Replace text(1)= DSCF with=LocationSubject Click OK.
    • On the old screen Click Start.
  4. Preparing to Geotag files. On the bookmark tool bar, I have a bookmark called +, this contains javascript to extract WGS84 lat/log from a GoogleMap. The way it is done is to press Ctrl-D to open the bookmark dialogue. Change the name to +, change the location to Bookmarks/Toolbar.OK. Go to + on the Toolbar, Right click. Click Properties. Change the Location, paste in this code javascript:void(prompt('',%22{{location dec|%22 + gApplication.getMap().getCenter().lat().toFixed(4) + %22|%22 + gApplication.getMap().getCenter().lng().toFixed(4) + %22}}%22));
  5. Preparing the software to geotag and upload files to Commons:
  6. Categorising, Geotagging, Uploading:
    • Open Commonist
    • Find directory YY-MMLocation
    • Fill in the generic details for the files you are to upload: Source=self-made, date= DD/MM/ YY of upload, license= self2|GFDL|cc-by-sa...... , add categories
    • Fill in details of individual images, when complete add the geotag to the description box.
    that is, Open Firefox Tools Tab in full screen mode: Locate the exact position of camera, click +, ctrl-c, Click cancel, minimise. In Commonist:goto description, ctrl-v. Next image.
    • Proof read the text, checkbox the files for upload. Click Upload.
  7. Cleaning up:In commons- click userpage- gallery- look for redlinks- add parent category to that page.
  8. Move to Wikipedia and edit images into article with [[Image:LocationSubjectNNNN.jpg|thumb|Caption Text]]

[edit] To create an new representation of an illustration using Inkscape

Meopham Windmill
Meopham Windmill
  1. Take a photograph of the illustration you want to reproduce.
  2. Open Inkscape.
  3. Shift-Ctrl-L to open the Layer Menu.Shift-Ctrl-F to open Fill and Stroke Menu
  4. Crtl-I to open import dialogue. Select the file Open. The photo of the image will place it self some where on Inkscapes Worktop. Using the arrow icon, drag it over the page. Size is irrelevant- resize it later.
  5. On the layer menu- rename Layer 1 as Photo. Click +. Add a new layer, call it base, over the current layer (Photo). Click to select base.
  6. Use the square tool to draw with. Draw a basic long box to represent a square. On the Fill and Stroke menu, choose the colours and line width. Select this box Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V and you have a duplicate. You can stretch it etc. Click again and you can rotate it. Go to blank worktop- build a shape here. Use the arrow, to draw round the shape. Click the Group box and the shape becomes a new object that can be rotated enlarged translated etc. see:the workers on the diagram
  7. On the layer menu- click the eyes to switch off/on each layer.
  8. Use separate layers for text and captions. Each language can have a separate layer.
  9. When the illustration is complete: switch of the photo. Select all, and resize to fit in the page. Save two variations of the illustration: the image as required, the image with no text, to allow for other usages and languages. Save as plain .svg not inkscape .svg.

There are two known bugs:

  1. When saved the layers are merged- losing the groupings.
  2. Inkscape sometimes fails to render a dotted line correctly on screen, but it will be there when Wiki renders it as for the browser, and on paper printouts.

[edit] Useful reference pages

Useful reference pages

[edit] Useful cut and pastes for Kent pages

The Topsail Schooner Julia visiting the middle basin Chatham Dockyard in 2006, behind her you can see new housing units on St Mary's Island.
The Topsail Schooner Julia visiting the middle basin Chatham Dockyard in 2006, behind her you can see new housing units on St Mary's Island.

<ref name=glover>The Place Names of Kent,Judith Glover,1976,Batsford. ISBN 0905270 614 </ref>

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<ref name="matthews">Brian Matthews, the History of Strood Rural District, 1971, Strood Rural District Council</ref>

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References from Rochester

  1. The Place names of Kent. Judith Glover.1976 Batsford. 1982 Meresborough Books. ISBN 0905270 614
  2. Rochester, The evolution of the City. Ronald Marsh. 1974 p&p Medway Borough Council.
  3. Kelly's Directory of Rochester 1951.
  4. C Humpherey-Smith, The Phillimore Atlas and Index of Parish Registers
  5. Rochester, The past 2000 years, Published Privately City of Rochester Society 1999.
  6. *The Dutch Raid, published by the City of Rochester Society 1998.
  7. *Discovering Traction Engines, - Harold Bonnett - Shire Publications (1975) - ISBN 0-85263-318-1
  8. *City of Rochester upon Medway Visitors Guide 1996.

References from Strood

  1. R.L.H Coulson ALA, A Chronology of Strood to 1899 c 1979 Published Kent County Libraries.
  2. Merrily to Frendsbury-A History of the Parish of Frindsbury. Derek Barnard. Private Pub. City of Rochester Society. post 1994.
  3. Marsh, A History of Rochester,1976, Medway Borough Council
  4. Brian Matthews, the History of Strood Rural District, 1971, Strood Rural District Council
  5. Hasted, Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, 1778-99. Two vols.
  6. Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, Southern Main Lines Dartford to Sittingbourne,1994,Middleton Press, ISBN 1-873793-34-0
  7. John K. Austin, Yesterday's Medway from Rochester Bridge to Chatham Intra,2006 Rainmore Books ISBN 0-9553903-0-3
  8. Windmills and Watermills, William ColesFinch, 1933, pub. C.W. Daniel, reprinted 1976, Arthur J. Cassell Ltd ISBN 978-0-903253-02-4
  9. Henry Smetham, History of Strood, 1899.
  10. http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/iss/library/speccoll/exhibitions/botex/popbot.html
  11. Michael Rhodes, ‘Smith, Charles Roach (1806–1890)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 12 May 2007
  12. Some images of Britain


Book Citations

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journal (or periodical)

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Web Citations

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A word in your ear

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