WikiSailing

This is a proposal for a new Wikimedia sister project.

WikiSailing
Status of the proposal
Status	under discussion
Details of the proposal
Project description	gather geographical information related to sailing: regional guides, marina description and anchorage places
Is it a multilingual wiki?	one multilingual wiki
Potential number of languages	structured information: in every language the wiki exists (e.g. translate templates in different languages) - real content is not language based (e.g. numbers or selection on fixed value list), or in two languages: english and the local language
Technical requirements
New features to require	possibly a interactive, slippy map?
Interested participants
--Nounours77 (talk) 19:49, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

Motivation

For Sailing, there is a big need for accurate and current information about the places you visit. It's like a travel guide (so include this in wikivoyage is an option), but very specific. Specific information, rather clear structure of data, .... Currently, there is no comprehensive collection of this data, and the exisiting platforms (open or closed source) all suffer from being under-critical.

Content

What should be put into WikiSailing?

• Information about Sailing Area (According to Geographic Hierarchy), down to the smallest sea region OR lake OR river. (cross-ref to WikiVoyage)
• Information about Marinas (Cross-ref to corresponding objects in OpenStreetMap)
• Information about Anchorage Places / Natural Harbours
• Information about Places of Interest for Sailors
• Information about dangerous places
• Locks, ...

Numbers

To give an idea about the numbers, we guess these numbers could be reached

• Sailing Areas: Dependig on choosen structure, about 10'000
• Marinas: 40'000
• Anchorage Places of Interest / Natural Harbours: 100 - 300'000 ?

Existing Sites / data collections / Smartphone apps

Name	URL	type	content statistics	language	Licence	Comment
Skipperguide	http://www.skipperguide.de	Website	2000 Articles (several Marinas per article, 800 Marinas with geolocations?), covering mainly North Sea and Mediterrenian	German	"Free Documentation License"	Is cross-referencend from OpenSeaMap
World Port Index	http://msi.nga.mil	Website		English
Marina Guide	https://www.marina-guide.de	Website, iPhone & Android	? Marinas mainly North- and Baltic Sea	German	closed	good coverage in Germany
Portmaps	https://www.portmaps.com	Website	3000 Marinas Worldwide	Several	closed	Cross-refed with OpenStreetMap
ESYS	http://esys.org	Website & paied Download	?	German	closed	Good coverage of Sailing Area descriptions in Europe
Yachtweb Portwiki	http://www.yachtweb.de	Website	750 domestic port in Germany	German & English	closed	Example
Navily	http://app.navily.com	Website and iPhone App	worldwide	English, French, Italien	closed	Very modern UI with lower barrier for User contribution
Skipperguide CH / FR	http://swisstomato.ch/portfolio/hafenfuhrer-schweiz-franzosische-riviera/	iPhone & Android	about 100 Marinas in CH and 200 in France	German/French	closed	Very good data
Marina Guide UK	http://www.mojoso.co.uk/	iPhone App	170 Marinas in UK	English		extension to other geographical regions planned
Marina Map	http://www.marinamap.com	Website (optimized for mobile devices), Android App	3,600 marinas worldwide	English, French, German
please	add	more	Example	Example	Example

Examples

A. Marina at the sea

Field	Content	data-type	Comment
Name
Coordinates		formatted numbers
website
e-mail
phone
VHF
opening hours
Access
Berths
Guest berths
Max Draught
Max LOA
Facilities			Definded value list
toilettes
shower
fuel
Gas
Fäklaien
Chandlery
WiFi
Pontoon power supply
Pontoon water supply
Hoist	10		Max weight in tons
Slipway