Roan Kattouw<roan.kattouw(a)home.nl> wrote:
>>> Is it possible to use the API to
query by geo graphical coordinates? E.g.
>>> articles near an LONG/LAT ? if so, could you point me to any examples?
>> Please see the archives
>>
<http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-api/2008-September/000714.html>
>> for an answer to this question.
> I would like us to get that integrated with
MW API, though. :) Anybody
> feel like taking on the task?
I could do that, provided someone tells me what
kind of
extension/template/whatever is used for this geo stuff.
Query *by* geographical coordinates might be a rather major
endeavour, though of course the integration of Templatetiger
into core Mediawiki (and API) would be *very* welcome :-).
*poke* Jens, I think you've been poking at some of the geo stuff now and
again. Do you happen to know what the status on various things
integrating with other things is, and if we've got a feasible migration
plan to storing geo data internally via an extension?
-- brion