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The most popular language is still English with 170’000 articles (up from 137’000) followed by Dutch with 107’000 (up from 67’000). Fifth is “<i>Volapük</i>” a language I have to admit I have never heard of before. It is a constructed language derived from English and German. Most articles in <i>Volapük, </i>which literally translates to ‘world speak’, are stubs created by wikipedia bots.</p> <p>The number of entries for German would have decreased hadn’t it been for our merging the previous parse result with the newest parse. The decrease is mainly caused by wikipedians who develop bots to alter established templates into new templates. The new templates are used only for a minuscule fraction of articles. This trend seems to show that while the wikipedia approach works well for unstructured textual data it does not work so well for structured data.</p> <p><b>Wikinear </b></p> <p>An application quite popular in the Blogosphere these days is <a href="http://simonwillison.net/2008/Mar/22/wikinear/">Wikinear</a>. It is a very simple application for mobile phones that makes use of some interesting new technologies and web services : <a href="http://oauth.net/">OAuth</a>, <a href="http://fireeagle.yahoo.net/">Fire Eagle</a>, <a href="http://www.geonames.org/">GeoNames</a> and the <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/staticmaps/">Google Static Maps API</a>.<img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.geonames.org/img/blog/wikinear.jpg" /></p> <div id="atatags-370373-67b3acba0e79a"> <script type="text/javascript"> __ATA.cmd.push(function() { __ATA.initVideoSlot('atatags-370373-67b3acba0e79a', { sectionId: '370373', format: 'inread' }); }); </script> </div><span id="wordads-inline-marker" style="display: none;"></span> <div id="atatags-26942-67b3acba0e7ce"></div> <script> __ATA.cmd.push(function() { __ATA.initDynamicSlot({ id: 'atatags-26942-67b3acba0e7ce', location: 120, formFactor: '001', label: { text: 'Advertisements', }, creative: { reportAd: { text: 'Report this ad', }, privacySettings: { text: 'Privacy', } } }); 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It hasn’t made it into the menu system yet, but you can access it from this URL: <a href="http://atlas.freshlogicstudios.com/?Wikipedia" rel="nofollow ugc">http://atlas.freshlogicstudios.com/?Wikipedia</a></p> <p>More info here: <a href="http://blogs.freshlogicstudios.com/Posts/View.aspx?Id=2afe58af-ae92-44f3-a326-0781bda8d76e" rel="nofollow ugc">http://blogs.freshlogicstudios.com/Posts/View.aspx?Id=2afe58af-ae92-44f3-a326-0781bda8d76e</a></p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/geotagged-wikipedia-articles/?replytocom=7381#respond" data-commentid="7381" data-postid="51" data-belowelement="div-comment-7381" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Shawn Miller" aria-label="Reply to Shawn Miller"><span class="reply-link">Reply<i class="fa fa-reply space-left"></i></span></a></div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-7400" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-7400" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b2ac9a1dc2dfb271ec7a4bd4ac90791c8f2f45dacfa39c0e291457d238226de0?s=50&d=identicon&r=G' srcset='https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b2ac9a1dc2dfb271ec7a4bd4ac90791c8f2f45dacfa39c0e291457d238226de0?s=50&d=identicon&r=G 1x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b2ac9a1dc2dfb271ec7a4bd4ac90791c8f2f45dacfa39c0e291457d238226de0?s=75&d=identicon&r=G 1.5x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b2ac9a1dc2dfb271ec7a4bd4ac90791c8f2f45dacfa39c0e291457d238226de0?s=100&d=identicon&r=G 2x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b2ac9a1dc2dfb271ec7a4bd4ac90791c8f2f45dacfa39c0e291457d238226de0?s=150&d=identicon&r=G 3x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b2ac9a1dc2dfb271ec7a4bd4ac90791c8f2f45dacfa39c0e291457d238226de0?s=200&d=identicon&r=G 4x' class='avatar avatar-50' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="http://davemenninger.blogspot.com/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">dave</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/geotagged-wikipedia-articles/#comment-7400"><time datetime="2008-06-27T20:21:38+00:00">June 27, 2008 at 8:21 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>I’m curious about what tag you scan for when you collect the geotagged wikipedia artices. I know there are a few types out there. My guess is that you’re scanning for the coor template: {{coor}}.</p> <p>I’ve noticed that there are a number of articles with other types of geotags that don’t appear to be in the geonames database.</p> <p>Also, I’m curious about how frequently the database is updated. I’m in the process converting the geotags on some articles from older styles to {{coor}} style in the hope that geonames will pick them up, but I don’t know how long I’ll have to wait to see them appear.</p> <p>I’m building a little app that is very similar to wikinear.com and that’s why I’m asking.</p> <p>Thanks!</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/geotagged-wikipedia-articles/?replytocom=7400#respond" data-commentid="7400" data-postid="51" data-belowelement="div-comment-7400" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to dave" aria-label="Reply to dave"><span class="reply-link">Reply<i class="fa fa-reply space-left"></i></span></a></div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-7402" class="comment byuser comment-author-geonames bypostauthor even thread-even depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-7402" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d20c2422de0cf352882d084ed8f9d0ec9b8977b0a86e501fbb3890de8ce67634?s=50&d=identicon&r=G' srcset='https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d20c2422de0cf352882d084ed8f9d0ec9b8977b0a86e501fbb3890de8ce67634?s=50&d=identicon&r=G 1x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d20c2422de0cf352882d084ed8f9d0ec9b8977b0a86e501fbb3890de8ce67634?s=75&d=identicon&r=G 1.5x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d20c2422de0cf352882d084ed8f9d0ec9b8977b0a86e501fbb3890de8ce67634?s=100&d=identicon&r=G 2x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d20c2422de0cf352882d084ed8f9d0ec9b8977b0a86e501fbb3890de8ce67634?s=150&d=identicon&r=G 3x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d20c2422de0cf352882d084ed8f9d0ec9b8977b0a86e501fbb3890de8ce67634?s=200&d=identicon&r=G 4x' class='avatar avatar-50' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/" class="url" rel="ugc">marc</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/geotagged-wikipedia-articles/#comment-7402"><time datetime="2008-06-29T08:46:26+00:00">June 29, 2008 at 8:46 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Hi Dave</p> <p>Yes, this is correct we are parsing the ‘coor’ template together with some others. We would wish to see consensus in the wikipedia community about a common template, one problem we are running into with every dump is that some articles disappear from our parsing as the template has been changed to something new and fancy. It is a real pity that many wikipedians don’t understand the data value that would be included in a common template.</p> <p>How often we load it depends on the problems we are facing. It sometimes happens that we are missing a lot of articles for a language. Then we stop and wait another month hoping that other wikipedia users will revert back to a template our parser understands.</p> <p>Marc</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/geotagged-wikipedia-articles/?replytocom=7402#respond" data-commentid="7402" data-postid="51" data-belowelement="div-comment-7402" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to marc" aria-label="Reply to marc"><span class="reply-link">Reply<i class="fa fa-reply space-left"></i></span></a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-7614" class="comment odd alt depth-2 parent"> <article id="div-comment-7614" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/421e8c20e537e60c5a940c3293117933068e3793ba18c25ed7ff42be08e4f81d?s=50&d=identicon&r=G' 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datetime="2010-02-02T15:48:38+00:00">February 2, 2010 at 3:48 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>It looks like that the consensus is to use the “coord” template with “display” parameter.</p> <p>Is there any way to find out how long ago was the dump processed and what is the scheduled day of the next Wikipedia dump parse?</p> <p>I am interested to know more information about the Ukrainian Wiki Dump — when was the dump processed last time, which articles were detected.</p> <p>I would like to unify geographic templates to make them suitable for GeoNames parser.</p> <p>Thanks,<br /> Victor</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/geotagged-wikipedia-articles/?replytocom=7614#respond" data-commentid="7614" data-postid="51" data-belowelement="div-comment-7614" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Victor" aria-label="Reply to Victor"><span class="reply-link">Reply<i 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https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d20c2422de0cf352882d084ed8f9d0ec9b8977b0a86e501fbb3890de8ce67634?s=200&d=identicon&r=G 4x' class='avatar avatar-50' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/" class="url" rel="ugc">marc</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/geotagged-wikipedia-articles/#comment-7629"><time datetime="2010-02-14T15:58:49+00:00">February 14, 2010 at 3:58 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>The Ukrainian wikipedia dump was never processed by the parser.</p> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-7643" class="comment odd alt depth-2 parent"> <article id="div-comment-7643" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/421e8c20e537e60c5a940c3293117933068e3793ba18c25ed7ff42be08e4f81d?s=50&d=identicon&r=G' srcset='https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/421e8c20e537e60c5a940c3293117933068e3793ba18c25ed7ff42be08e4f81d?s=50&d=identicon&r=G 1x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/421e8c20e537e60c5a940c3293117933068e3793ba18c25ed7ff42be08e4f81d?s=75&d=identicon&r=G 1.5x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/421e8c20e537e60c5a940c3293117933068e3793ba18c25ed7ff42be08e4f81d?s=100&d=identicon&r=G 2x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/421e8c20e537e60c5a940c3293117933068e3793ba18c25ed7ff42be08e4f81d?s=150&d=identicon&r=G 3x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/421e8c20e537e60c5a940c3293117933068e3793ba18c25ed7ff42be08e4f81d?s=200&d=identicon&r=G 4x' class='avatar avatar-50' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="http://vityok.livejournal.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Victor</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/geotagged-wikipedia-articles/#comment-7643"><time datetime="2010-02-22T18:41:30+00:00">February 22, 2010 at 6:41 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Hello Marc,</p> <p>Thanks for your reply.</p> <p>Are there any criteria to qualify a Wikipedia dump (Ukrainian in this case) to be parsed by GeoNames parser?</p> <p>The <a href="http://www.geonames.org/wikipedia/" rel="nofollow">http://www.GeoNames.org/wikipedia</a> page places Ukrainian Wikipedia on the 42. place with 4066 geotagged articles. Since Ukrainian Wikipedia was never parsed, where do these articles come from? Are they detected based on geotagged english articles?</p> <p>I am looking forward at expanding the number of geotagged articles in Ukrainian Wikipedia known to the external webservices (such as GeoNames, Google Maps/Earth, etc.) and would be very grateful for your response.</p> <p>Victor</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/geotagged-wikipedia-articles/?replytocom=7643#respond" data-commentid="7643" data-postid="51" data-belowelement="div-comment-7643" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Victor" aria-label="Reply to Victor"><span class="reply-link">Reply<i class="fa fa-reply space-left"></i></span></a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-7649" class="comment byuser comment-author-geonames bypostauthor even depth-3"> <article id="div-comment-7649" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d20c2422de0cf352882d084ed8f9d0ec9b8977b0a86e501fbb3890de8ce67634?s=50&d=identicon&r=G' srcset='https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d20c2422de0cf352882d084ed8f9d0ec9b8977b0a86e501fbb3890de8ce67634?s=50&d=identicon&r=G 1x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d20c2422de0cf352882d084ed8f9d0ec9b8977b0a86e501fbb3890de8ce67634?s=75&d=identicon&r=G 1.5x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d20c2422de0cf352882d084ed8f9d0ec9b8977b0a86e501fbb3890de8ce67634?s=100&d=identicon&r=G 2x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d20c2422de0cf352882d084ed8f9d0ec9b8977b0a86e501fbb3890de8ce67634?s=150&d=identicon&r=G 3x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d20c2422de0cf352882d084ed8f9d0ec9b8977b0a86e501fbb3890de8ce67634?s=200&d=identicon&r=G 4x' class='avatar avatar-50' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/" class="url" rel="ugc">marc</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/geotagged-wikipedia-articles/#comment-7649"><time datetime="2010-03-01T05:29:05+00:00">March 1, 2010 at 5:29 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Hi Victor</p> <p>It is a pain to parse even one dump because of too many different templates. The more wikipedia dumps are added the worse it gets because of local differences. It also adds the risk that the parser understands the template wrongly because it is parsing it with the logic that makes sense for another template and for instance switches the lat/lng.</p> <p>It only makes sense to parse an additional language when there are a big number of geocoded entries that follow the same templates and that are not already described in another language.</p> <p>Marc</p> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-7403" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-7403" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b2ac9a1dc2dfb271ec7a4bd4ac90791c8f2f45dacfa39c0e291457d238226de0?s=50&d=identicon&r=G' srcset='https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b2ac9a1dc2dfb271ec7a4bd4ac90791c8f2f45dacfa39c0e291457d238226de0?s=50&d=identicon&r=G 1x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b2ac9a1dc2dfb271ec7a4bd4ac90791c8f2f45dacfa39c0e291457d238226de0?s=75&d=identicon&r=G 1.5x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b2ac9a1dc2dfb271ec7a4bd4ac90791c8f2f45dacfa39c0e291457d238226de0?s=100&d=identicon&r=G 2x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b2ac9a1dc2dfb271ec7a4bd4ac90791c8f2f45dacfa39c0e291457d238226de0?s=150&d=identicon&r=G 3x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/b2ac9a1dc2dfb271ec7a4bd4ac90791c8f2f45dacfa39c0e291457d238226de0?s=200&d=identicon&r=G 4x' class='avatar avatar-50' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="http://davemenninger.blogspot.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">dave</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/geotagged-wikipedia-articles/#comment-7403"><time datetime="2008-07-01T00:59:12+00:00">July 1, 2008 at 12:59 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Marc, thanks for your answer and keep up the good work!</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/geotagged-wikipedia-articles/?replytocom=7403#respond" data-commentid="7403" data-postid="51" data-belowelement="div-comment-7403" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to dave" aria-label="Reply to dave"><span class="reply-link">Reply<i class="fa fa-reply space-left"></i></span></a></div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-7585" class="comment even thread-even depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-7585" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/07116bc6a8bfe89f57057c6d149b3e14c2c7ebdf1603af8bc4a6018046adc619?s=50&d=identicon&r=G' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/07116bc6a8bfe89f57057c6d149b3e14c2c7ebdf1603af8bc4a6018046adc619?s=50&d=identicon&r=G 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/07116bc6a8bfe89f57057c6d149b3e14c2c7ebdf1603af8bc4a6018046adc619?s=75&d=identicon&r=G 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/07116bc6a8bfe89f57057c6d149b3e14c2c7ebdf1603af8bc4a6018046adc619?s=100&d=identicon&r=G 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/07116bc6a8bfe89f57057c6d149b3e14c2c7ebdf1603af8bc4a6018046adc619?s=150&d=identicon&r=G 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/07116bc6a8bfe89f57057c6d149b3e14c2c7ebdf1603af8bc4a6018046adc619?s=200&d=identicon&r=G 4x' class='avatar avatar-50' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn">Danie</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/geotagged-wikipedia-articles/#comment-7585"><time datetime="2009-11-14T11:27:03+00:00">November 14, 2009 at 11:27 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Easiest way to get past the parsing template issue is if Wikipedia defines a standard tag for all Wikipedia pages and incorporates that as a feature on Wikipedia so even non-authors can contribute by quickly geotagging all articles that are relevant to their location that they know.</p> <p>An example would be something like Flickr has for after a non-geotagged photo was uploaded, or even like Panoramio has. But in Wikipedia’s case we may want any contributor to be able to geotag a page.</p> <p>This would dramatically speed up and accurately place the geotagging through crowdsourcing (sort of like Wikipedia intended in the first place).</p> <p>I was very frustrated when i used Layar the other day and knew there were Wikipedia page places right in front of me but nothing appeared in Layar and I am clueless as to how to go and tag those articles myself now.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/geotagged-wikipedia-articles/?replytocom=7585#respond" data-commentid="7585" data-postid="51" data-belowelement="div-comment-7585" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Danie" aria-label="Reply to Danie"><span class="reply-link">Reply<i class="fa fa-reply space-left"></i></span></a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-7586" class="comment odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-7586" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/07116bc6a8bfe89f57057c6d149b3e14c2c7ebdf1603af8bc4a6018046adc619?s=50&d=identicon&r=G' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/07116bc6a8bfe89f57057c6d149b3e14c2c7ebdf1603af8bc4a6018046adc619?s=50&d=identicon&r=G 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/07116bc6a8bfe89f57057c6d149b3e14c2c7ebdf1603af8bc4a6018046adc619?s=75&d=identicon&r=G 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/07116bc6a8bfe89f57057c6d149b3e14c2c7ebdf1603af8bc4a6018046adc619?s=100&d=identicon&r=G 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/07116bc6a8bfe89f57057c6d149b3e14c2c7ebdf1603af8bc4a6018046adc619?s=150&d=identicon&r=G 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/07116bc6a8bfe89f57057c6d149b3e14c2c7ebdf1603af8bc4a6018046adc619?s=200&d=identicon&r=G 4x' class='avatar avatar-50' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn">Danie</b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/geotagged-wikipedia-articles/#comment-7586"><time datetime="2009-11-14T12:12:37+00:00">November 14, 2009 at 12:12 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Update to my comment above…. seems that most pages are in fact geotagged now but many are just not appearing in the Layar Wikipedia layer. I have managed to update one incorrect coordinate on Wikipedia itelf without too much difficulty but would be great still if that interactive map also allowed interactive updates (but it would have to still prompt for a reason for the change).</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/geotagged-wikipedia-articles/?replytocom=7586#respond" data-commentid="7586" data-postid="51" data-belowelement="div-comment-7586" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Danie" aria-label="Reply to Danie"><span class="reply-link">Reply<i class="fa fa-reply space-left"></i></span></a></div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-7604" class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-7604" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c3a6885f0ba458a4d755bbcaadd662509abf56f32ecaaedf6eca790d7ecae560?s=50&d=identicon&r=G' srcset='https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c3a6885f0ba458a4d755bbcaadd662509abf56f32ecaaedf6eca790d7ecae560?s=50&d=identicon&r=G 1x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c3a6885f0ba458a4d755bbcaadd662509abf56f32ecaaedf6eca790d7ecae560?s=75&d=identicon&r=G 1.5x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c3a6885f0ba458a4d755bbcaadd662509abf56f32ecaaedf6eca790d7ecae560?s=100&d=identicon&r=G 2x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c3a6885f0ba458a4d755bbcaadd662509abf56f32ecaaedf6eca790d7ecae560?s=150&d=identicon&r=G 3x, https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c3a6885f0ba458a4d755bbcaadd662509abf56f32ecaaedf6eca790d7ecae560?s=200&d=identicon&r=G 4x' class='avatar avatar-50' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="http://www.mappyfriends.com" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Philip</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/geotagged-wikipedia-articles/#comment-7604"><time datetime="2010-01-12T16:33:56+00:00">January 12, 2010 at 4:33 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>We are now incorporating the wiki articles in our database, but in a slightly distinct way: we do not use an api yet we will run a script once and then redirect trafic if aplicable to wikipedia.org</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/geotagged-wikipedia-articles/?replytocom=7604#respond" data-commentid="7604" data-postid="51" data-belowelement="div-comment-7604" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Philip" aria-label="Reply to Philip"><span class="reply-link">Reply<i class="fa fa-reply space-left"></i></span></a></div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-9923" class="comment odd alt thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-9923" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/1184442478251195/picture?type=large&_md5=e098b572c1c94853e0f2a08c14aca88a' srcset='https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/1184442478251195/picture?type=large&_md5=e098b572c1c94853e0f2a08c14aca88a 1x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/1184442478251195/picture?type=large&_md5=e098b572c1c94853e0f2a08c14aca88a 1.5x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/1184442478251195/picture?type=large&_md5=e098b572c1c94853e0f2a08c14aca88a 2x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/1184442478251195/picture?type=large&_md5=e098b572c1c94853e0f2a08c14aca88a 3x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/1184442478251195/picture?type=large&_md5=e098b572c1c94853e0f2a08c14aca88a 4x' class='avatar avatar-50' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/app_scoped_user_id/1184442478251195/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Manuel Enrique Puebla Martínez</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/geotagged-wikipedia-articles/#comment-9923"><time datetime="2016-02-10T16:17:53+00:00">February 10, 2016 at 4:17 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Hi there:</p> <p>I am interested in a service detail “Wikipedia Articles in Bounding Box”.</p> <p>One of the labels that returns the xml of this service is “”. Where I can find documentation on the possible values for this tag ?, that is, what is the universe of values that can meet on this label?</p> <p>I need them together to make a classification of spatial objects I find in Wikipedia.</p> <p>Regards.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/geotagged-wikipedia-articles/?replytocom=9923#respond" data-commentid="9923" data-postid="51" data-belowelement="div-comment-9923" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Manuel Enrique Puebla Martínez" aria-label="Reply to Manuel Enrique Puebla Martínez"><span class="reply-link">Reply<i class="fa fa-reply space-left"></i></span></a></div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-9924" class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-9924" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/1184442478251195/picture?type=large' srcset='https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/1184442478251195/picture?type=large 1x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/1184442478251195/picture?type=large 1.5x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/1184442478251195/picture?type=large 2x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/1184442478251195/picture?type=large 3x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/1184442478251195/picture?type=large 4x' class='avatar avatar-50' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/app_scoped_user_id/1184442478251195/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Manuel Enrique Puebla Martínez</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/geotagged-wikipedia-articles/#comment-9924"><time datetime="2016-02-10T16:21:09+00:00">February 10, 2016 at 4:21 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>The label name that interests me is “feature”. I do not know why it was not shown in the previous reviews.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/geotagged-wikipedia-articles/?replytocom=9924#respond" data-commentid="9924" data-postid="51" data-belowelement="div-comment-9924" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Manuel Enrique Puebla Martínez" aria-label="Reply to Manuel Enrique Puebla Martínez"><span class="reply-link">Reply<i class="fa fa-reply space-left"></i></span></a></div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-9926" class="comment odd alt thread-even depth-1 parent"> <article id="div-comment-9926" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/1184442478251195/picture?type=large' srcset='https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/1184442478251195/picture?type=large 1x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/1184442478251195/picture?type=large 1.5x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/1184442478251195/picture?type=large 2x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/1184442478251195/picture?type=large 3x, https://graph.facebook.com/v2.2/1184442478251195/picture?type=large 4x' class='avatar avatar-50' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/app_scoped_user_id/1184442478251195/" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Manuel Enrique Puebla Martínez</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/geotagged-wikipedia-articles/#comment-9926"><time datetime="2016-02-10T16:43:30+00:00">February 10, 2016 at 4:43 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Another question, please.</p> <p>These web services provided by Geonames to access Wikipedia articles, just returning articles, related to toponyms located in Geonames ?. Ie could happen that an article, returned by one of such services, is not in Geonames but being in Google Earth for example.</p> <p>Regards.</p> </div> <div class="reply"><a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/geotagged-wikipedia-articles/?replytocom=9926#respond" data-commentid="9926" data-postid="51" data-belowelement="div-comment-9926" data-respondelement="respond" data-replyto="Reply to Manuel Enrique Puebla Martínez" aria-label="Reply to Manuel Enrique Puebla Martínez"><span class="reply-link">Reply<i class="fa fa-reply space-left"></i></span></a></div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-9940" class="comment byuser comment-author-geonames bypostauthor even depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-9940" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d20c2422de0cf352882d084ed8f9d0ec9b8977b0a86e501fbb3890de8ce67634?s=50&d=identicon&r=G' srcset='https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d20c2422de0cf352882d084ed8f9d0ec9b8977b0a86e501fbb3890de8ce67634?s=50&d=identicon&r=G 1x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d20c2422de0cf352882d084ed8f9d0ec9b8977b0a86e501fbb3890de8ce67634?s=75&d=identicon&r=G 1.5x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d20c2422de0cf352882d084ed8f9d0ec9b8977b0a86e501fbb3890de8ce67634?s=100&d=identicon&r=G 2x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d20c2422de0cf352882d084ed8f9d0ec9b8977b0a86e501fbb3890de8ce67634?s=150&d=identicon&r=G 3x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d20c2422de0cf352882d084ed8f9d0ec9b8977b0a86e501fbb3890de8ce67634?s=200&d=identicon&r=G 4x' class='avatar avatar-50' height='50' width='50' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> <b class="fn"><a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/" class="url" rel="ugc">marc</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://geonames.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/geotagged-wikipedia-articles/#comment-9940"><time datetime="2016-02-21T15:56:56+00:00">February 21, 2016 at 3:56 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>The geonames documentation on the wikipedia webservice is here:<br /> <a href="http://www.geonames.org/export/wikipedia-webservice.html" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.geonames.org/export/wikipedia-webservice.html</a><br /> The feature values are listed here:<br /> <a href="http://www.geonames.org/wikipedia/wikipedia_features.html" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.geonames.org/wikipedia/wikipedia_features.html</a></p> <p>The service serves wikipedia articles with geo coordinates. 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