Global Feature Request

March 15, 2004

I'd like to see a structured web publishing tool that would let me geoencode Wikipedia entries in the same way that many blogs use GeoURL. Then, I'd want to be able to access Wikipedia's content with a wikipedia.org/latitude/longitude format of URL, listing every entry relevant to a location in one single page. And then finally, a GPS- or location-aware mobile device that would have one-button access to that local page from anywhere that I am.

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Ross Notes

Posted March 16, 2004 16:08

Wiki's and Metadata: Anil Dash wants authors to be able to geocode Wikipedia entries (and more). I'd like to expand that feature request a bit-- I don't think I've ever seen a wiki that lets you add to or edit an individual pages... read more »

Oliver

Posted March 16, 2004 21:17

Also, a pony. :)

Ruth

Posted March 17, 2004 14:20

Darn it Oliver, you beat me to it.

I suppose I’d take a partridge in a pear tree.

Mark Hurst

Posted March 29, 2004 15:38

Also, http://www.addyourown.com does that - at least organizes entries within a neighborhood.

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