Extension:NearbyPages
This extension is maintained by the Web team. |
Release status: stable |
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Description | Provides Special:Nearby |
Latest version | 1.40 |
MediaWiki | 1.39 |
Database changes | No |
License | GNU General Public License 2.0 or later |
Download | README |
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1.39 | |
Quarterly downloads | 6 (Ranked 126th) |
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Issues | Open tasks · Report a bug |
The NearbyPages extension provides location based articles via Special:Nearby special page. It was previously part of Extension:MobileFrontend but decoupled and rewritten with Vue.js . The extension can also be deployed as a static web app that is demoed as a standalone app for Wikipedia and Wikidata.
Special:Nearby
[edit]The page Special:Nearby lists articles that are geotagged nearest to the user's current location, as provided by their browser. Due to the limit of the geosearch API, only articles within a 10 km radius are listed by default, although this can be changed using the $wgMaxGeoSearchRadius and $wgNearbyRange variables.
It is also possible to manually specify a location by including its latitude and longitude as URL parameters. For example, this URL will generate a list of articles near the w:Statue of Liberty in New York City, US:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Nearby#/coord/40.69,-74.04
Installation
[edit]- Download and move the extracted
NearbyPages
folder to yourextensions/
directory.
Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/NearbyPages - Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
wfLoadExtension( 'NearbyPages' ); $wgNearbyPagesUrl = "{$wgScriptPath}/api.php";
Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
Using with local data
[edit]Nearby can be populated with articles on your wiki by installing extension:Geodata.
This extension is being used on one or more Wikimedia projects. This probably means that the extension is stable and works well enough to be used by such high-traffic websites. Look for this extension's name in Wikimedia's CommonSettings.php and InitialiseSettings.php configuration files to see where it's installed. A full list of the extensions installed on a particular wiki can be seen on the wiki's Special:Version page. |
This extension is included in the following wiki farms/hosts and/or packages: This is not an authoritative list. Some wiki farms/hosts and/or packages may contain this extension even if they are not listed here. Always check with your wiki farms/hosts or bundle to confirm. |