Changes

Hey guys. You might have noticed my annoying templates on a few pages about the zine. I'm finally starting to pull pages and put them all into a big file. I'm doing all this with open source software so that everything stays in the spirit. I'm using OpenOffice just to compile and edit all the information and then I'm probably going to use either Scribus or Inkscape to publish it. Such great programs come with Linux... One thing I need though is a source of free maps. Google maps are nice but I don't think you can print and republish them. I've looked into the Wikimedia Commons and they have some alright stuff, but if anyone knows of a good open atlas, let me know. Oh, yeah. I'm going to upload like a weekly update of what I have so that everyone can see and comment on it's progress. Anyone know where I could do this?[[User:Zac Stewart|Zac]]<small>^{[[User talk:Zac Stewart|talk]]}</small> 18:07, 29 April 2007 (CEST): For free maps, you should check out http://www.openstreetmap.org/. However the coverage is very bad yet.: I can give you webspace for uploading. Do you need some special software for the commenting stuff? Maybe you can just upload in to hitchwiki. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 20:41, 29 April 2007 (CEST)::Thanks for that link. That could be useful. I don't really think I'll need webspace. I can either upload them to [http://www.mediafire.com/] or even just add them to the wiki. I'll try both ways and put the link on the article. [[User:Zac Stewart|Zac]]<small>^{[[User talk:Zac Stewart|talk]]}</small> 04:51, 30 April 2007 (CEST) Another update... Not much is noticeable from the page, I know, but I have been working pretty hard on getting this done. I've made a commitment to get at least two cities done a day, but I hope to get a lot more than that done. I took a little break from the editing and worked on some publishing ideas, which you can read about on the page, but I'm back to work editing now. I hope to have that part done soon so I can do the fun stuff. That is, laying out the pages in Scribus and adding maps and whatnot. I would have this done already, but unfortunately I'm in a factory 8 hours every night working the graveyard shift to pay off the disaster that was my last trip and try to get enough money to see Ecuador this Fall. If we decide to print this as a paperback or something, I'd be willing to front the costs I think. I'm trying to get a DIY [http://www.apocryphalpublishing.com/ publishing project] started. I want to carry zine's and stuff like that so this project would be a good way to get that started. I don't care about making a profit, I just want to complete a project that has meaning for me. We could also try getting Microcosm and other publishers to carry it. I have webspace we can use for the free PDF version and e-commerce tools if we wanted to sell a book version. I'd give proceeds to the Hitchwiki for hosting costs if there were any. If anyone is opposed to that, let me know, I'm always nervous about money matters that involve groups and I don't want to deviate from our principles. Also, I want the zine to be Open, obviously, but would we have to inlcude the GFDL in the zine? That will take up a good bit of space. Is it possible to release it under CC? [[User:Zac Stewart|Zac]]<small>^{[[User talk:Zac Stewart|talk]]}</small> 15:28, 11 June 2007 (CEST) : I think it would be enough, to include a link to an online-version of the GFDL and also a link to hitchwiki. As far as I know it is not possible to release it under CC (Guaka probably knows better).: Do you think you actually can make profit from it? I guess there is rather a risk of losing money than gaining some. However, I would suggest using it for any hitchhiking-related project (Maybe found an ngo or something for that). The costs of hitchwiki are very low and at the moment I wouldn't know how to make it better with more money. Otherwise, use it for your Ecuador-trip ;) --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 16:38, 11 June 2007 (CEST) Okay. I didn't really know what the hosting situation of the hitchwiki was. If there was a profit, I wouldn't use it for my own trip though. I'd feel bad if I did that. I would either use it for funding a hitchhiking related project like you said, or just put the money back into my publishing project and then maybe have a little bit more to work with if we decide to do more editions.But all that is supposing there actually is any profit, so I'm probably getting ahead of myself. I really don't care if it makes any money or not. I'm more interested in seeing the zine succeed and get used by lots of people than make money. If the zine went well, then it would create more possibilities for my publishing group in the future. I have a few more zine ideas, and if this one worked, then maybe people would be interested in more. [[User:Zac Stewart|Zac]]<small>^{[[User talk:Zac Stewart|talk]]}</small> 19:27, 11 June 2007 (CEST)   Do you have a roadmap when you want to be finished? Because I'm going to hitchhike through Ireland in ~3 weeks, so I will probably contribute some content in August (Ireland has very few). So it probably would make sense to compile this at last. --[[User:MrTweek|MrTweek]] 08:42, 19 June 2007 (CEST):That would be very helpful, because we have nothing on Ireland. I was sort of hoping to have it done by the end of the summer, because I'm going to Ecuador in September, but we'll just see what happens. Maybe I'll just get it ''mostly'' done by then, mill it over in my head while I'm in Ecuador to make sure it's right and then publish it. However, fret not if it's done before then. I hope to see several editions of this come out. [[User:Zac Stewart|Zac]]<small>^{[[User talk:Zac Stewart|talk]]}</small> 15:26, 19 June 2007 (CEST)   I think it may be best to swap Greece with the Czech Republic for sake of contiguity and also because we have a lot more data on Czech than we do on Greece (practically none). I'm going to go ahead and implement that change, discuss if you disagree... [[User:Zac Stewart|Zac]]<small>^{[[User talk:Zac Stewart|talk]]}</small> 10:32, 7 July 2007 (CEST) === Project dead? ===I see this page was last changed in July 2007. Is this nice project dead? Would be sad. So if you really want to get this project back to life, i would offer myself to help you with book layouting and also can add information for Trier, Germany which you will find in most comemrcial travel guides because of the unesco world heritage stuff here. --[[User:Quarim|Quarim]] 14:29, 14 January 2010 (UTC) So sad to see this project is dead :( If someone wants revive this project, I'll gladly help! you can just talk with me on this site or u can dm at @thelasterden on insta --[[User:Salca|Salca]]