Comments on: Wikipedia local search? http://leuksman.com/log/2008/03/08/wikipedia-local-search/ reticula, electronica, & oddities Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:40:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: brion http://leuksman.com/log/2008/03/08/wikipedia-local-search/comment-page-1/#comment-19775 brion Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:00:23 +0000 http://leuksman.com/log/2008/03/08/wikipedia-local-search/#comment-19775 We don't yet have a standard API for location lookups; I hacked up a proof-of-concept for the demo using a copy of the Wikipedia-World database of geolocation info extracted from articles (link is above). I'd like to get it added to the general MediaWiki API interface once we've got a built-in system for storing the geo info... We don’t yet have a standard API for location lookups; I hacked up a proof-of-concept for the demo using a copy of the Wikipedia-World database of geolocation info extracted from articles (link is above).

I’d like to get it added to the general MediaWiki API interface once we’ve got a built-in system for storing the geo info…

]]> By: Jordan http://leuksman.com/log/2008/03/08/wikipedia-local-search/comment-page-1/#comment-19682 Jordan Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:24:29 +0000 http://leuksman.com/log/2008/03/08/wikipedia-local-search/#comment-19682 Where's the api you built this off of? I seem to remember using a location lookup from wikipedia, but I can't seem to find it any more. Where’s the api you built this off of? I seem to remember using a location lookup from wikipedia, but I can’t seem to find it any more.

]]> By: Torsten http://leuksman.com/log/2008/03/08/wikipedia-local-search/comment-page-1/#comment-8867 Torsten Sun, 09 Mar 2008 07:35:07 +0000 http://leuksman.com/log/2008/03/08/wikipedia-local-search/#comment-8867 Just add an option for a local search independent from the current location. So you can't know whether the people are on the location they are looking up. Just add an option for a local search independent from the current location. So you can’t know whether the people are on the location they are looking up.

]]> By: Brad http://leuksman.com/log/2008/03/08/wikipedia-local-search/comment-page-1/#comment-8863 Brad Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:53:38 +0000 http://leuksman.com/log/2008/03/08/wikipedia-local-search/#comment-8863 Nice -- I've always wanted a real Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy when I'm on the go. Nice — I’ve always wanted a real Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy when I’m on the go.

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