The communications project that the Ars Electronica Futurelab developed in 2005 for the City of Linz’s Hotspot initiative has quickly spawned spin-offs and an interesting enhancement application. Now, there’s also a WikiMap Madrid (produced in cooperation with MediaLabMadrid) and a WikiMap Europe (featuring statistical data and individuals’ opinions about the EU) as well as a WikiMap for regional online community projects in Upper Austria. With the latest development various WikiMaps can be directly implemented in Google Earth.

Development: Ars Electronica Futurelab
Commissioned by the City of Linz (WikiMap Linz), Federal Chancellery of Austria ( WikiMap Europe), Provision: BMBWK, Land Oberösterreich ( WkiMap Upper Austria) Cartographic material and support: Magistrat Linz, Informationstechnologie, Geodaten Management, Stadtkommunikation Linz, MediaLabMadrid, EUROSTAT, Statistik Austria, Land Oberösterreich: DORIS