Wikimapia
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Not to be confused with Wikimania.
Wikimapia (stylized as wikimapia) is a geographic online encyclopedia project. The project implements an interactive "clickable" web map that utilizes Google Maps with a geographically-referenced wiki system, with the aim to mark and describe all geographical objects in the world.
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Quick Facts Type of site, Available in ...
Type of site | Geographic online encyclopedia |
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Available in | 101 languages, including English |
Country of origin | Russia |
Created by | Alexander Koryakin and Eugen Saveliev[1] |
Revenue | From AdSense and Wikimapia Ads[2] |
URL | wikimapia |
Commercial | yes |
Registration | Optional |
Users | 2,500,000 (latest available figure) |
Launched | May 24, 2006; 17 years ago (2006-05-24) |
Current status | Active |
Content license | Creative Commons (CC BY-SA)[3] |
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