Hi,
There's this bug: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T35704
Basically, the "Nearby" function in the Wikipedia Android app can only work if the coordinates template in the Wikipedia in the relevant language uses the magic word from the GeoData extension.
And I wonder: Is this really needed? Updating templates in almost 300 languages doesn't scale well, and Wikidata already supports coordinates. It also makes more general sense to me to query a structured database like Wikidata instead of poking around with templates and magic words as it is done with GeoData.
But that's me, and I might be missing something.
Is Wikidata actually ready for this technically? Are coordinates filled for all the relevant items, or is it still better supported in Wikipedias?
Thanks.
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It seemed to work fine with the previous version of "nearby" , in v1 of the app.
On 15 December 2014 at 16:46, Amir E. Aharoni amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il wrote:
Hi,
There's this bug: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T35704
Basically, the "Nearby" function in the Wikipedia Android app can only work if the coordinates template in the Wikipedia in the relevant language uses the magic word from the GeoData extension.
And I wonder: Is this really needed? Updating templates in almost 300 languages doesn't scale well, and Wikidata already supports coordinates. It also makes more general sense to me to query a structured database like Wikidata instead of poking around with templates and magic words as it is done with GeoData.
But that's me, and I might be missing something.
Is Wikidata actually ready for this technically? Are coordinates filled for all the relevant items, or is it still better supported in Wikipedias?
Thanks.
-- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
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Well, actually, there were some issues back then as well. Notice that I opened that bug in January 2012. It was fixed, and I reopened it for the new app.
-- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
2014-12-15 19:50 GMT+02:00 Andy Mabbett andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk:
It seemed to work fine with the previous version of "nearby" , in v1 of the app.
On 15 December 2014 at 16:46, Amir E. Aharoni amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il wrote:
Hi,
There's this bug: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T35704
Basically, the "Nearby" function in the Wikipedia Android app can only
work
if the coordinates template in the Wikipedia in the relevant language
uses
the magic word from the GeoData extension.
And I wonder: Is this really needed? Updating templates in almost 300 languages doesn't scale well, and Wikidata already supports coordinates.
It
also makes more general sense to me to query a structured database like Wikidata instead of poking around with templates and magic words as it is done with GeoData.
But that's me, and I might be missing something.
Is Wikidata actually ready for this technically? Are coordinates filled for all the relevant items, or is it still better supported in Wikipedias?
Thanks.
-- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
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