Exploring Wikipedia with Google Maps

Mapping Wikipedia is a project from TraceMedia and the Oxford Internet Institute.

Using Google Maps Mapping Wikipedia allows you to map the geography of all geotagged Wikipedia articles in a number of different languages. It can also create maps based on the word count of articles, the date created, number of authors, and number of images.

If you are interested about how the map was created TraceMedia has provided an outline of the tools used in building the application.

A Wiki Map for Israel

Amud Anan is an online travel guide and geographical encyclopaedia for Israel.



The map uses the Google Maps API with topographical map tiles of Israel to display user submitted points of interest. As well as adding points of interest users can add routes and trails to the map.



The map is in Hebrew only and is available as a desktop and as an iPhone and iPad application.



Amud Anan



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Wikipedia Chloropeth on Google Maps

Ragtag Map of Wikipedia Articles

The Ragtag blog has created a Google Map of every Wikipedia page tagged with a latitude and longitude. 424,171 articles in Wikipedia have been geotagged. You can see the geographical distribution of the articles in the heat map above.

Ragtag were also able to find 14,238 historical events that were geotagged on Wikipedia. By plotting the events by year and location Ragtag have managed to create a dynamic visualisation that gives a rough idea of the history of the world in 100 seconds.



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Google Maps Wikipedia Browser

Wikihood

Wikihood uses Google Maps to present you with information and selected images from Wikipedia relevant to any given location.

The application lets you see at a glance which Wikipedia articles are related to any chosen location. The displayed articles and images include information on people, culture, buildings, companies and organizations and geographical information.

As well as being available for the desktop Wikihood is available for the iPad and the iPhone. The mobile applications in particular are very useful for getting local information from Wikipedia when out and about.

Also See

Wikikmapia

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Get Local Tips on Google Maps

Geosay

Geosay is a local information Google Map for finding out what people are saying about different locations on foursquare, Twitter and Wikipedia.

To use the map just enter a location and you can see all the results directly on the Google Map. The results are also listed in the map sidebar, ordered by distance.

It is easy to create a marker for Geosay. Just add the hashtag #geosay to any geolocated tweet and it will be stored in the Geosay database and appear on the map. Geosay has a mobile version of the map. Just go to http://geosay.com in the browser of your mobile phone and you can find local tips wherever you happen to be.

Hat-tip: Street View Funny

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