Commons:Batch uploading/Defence Imagery
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Defence Imagery[edit]
- Source to upload from: http://www.defenceimagery.mod.uk/
- Did you observe an URL pattern: Yes, of a sort. Every file has an ID, but it's extremely long, and the process is even more complicated because only some of the files on the site are OGL-licenced - the rest are copyrighted. This is because the OGL licence is 'opt-in' for the MoD.
- Do you know whether the site as an API: Not as far as I am aware, no. It may have one available for members of the press, but not projects like ours...
- What else can ease uploading (is the site valid XHTML, WCM they use…)? I don't understand the question, I'm sorry. If it helps, the images have extremely detailed metadata.
- Did you contact the site owner? No, but I can do the legwork if it would make it easier.
- Describe the works to be uploaded in detail (audio files, images by …): All of the images at http://www.defenceimagery.mod.uk/fotoweb/Grid.fwx?archiveId=5042 - Archive 5042 is, I believe, the archive of OGL-licenced images. There are a variety of authors, but they are all high-quality JPG images. Unfortunately, the archive also updates every few days with new pictures as they're uploaded. Ideally, a bot would need to scrape this site maybe once a week.
- Which license tag(s) should be applied? The {{OGL}} licence.
- Is there a template that could be used on the file description pages? Do you think a special template should be created? I would be happy to create a special template.
Opinions[edit]
| Assigned to | Progress | Bot name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fæ (talk) | Status: Done
2,883 uploads on OGL |
New images are released at a rate of fewer than 10 per week, so running this manually on request or a monthly basis is sufficient on an ad-hoc basis. Images are indexed by date of upload.
Refer to Commons:Village_pump/Archive/2013/06#British_military_enthusiasts_needed for background and notice of interest. |
Images from MoD uploaded by Fæ |