Extension:NearbyPages/en

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File:OOjs UI icon advanced-invert.svg NearbyPages Release status: stable
Description	Provides Special:Nearby
Latest version	1.40
MediaWiki	1.39
Database changes	No
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
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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

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

• <translate> [[<tvar name=2>Special:ExtensionDistributor/NearbyPages</tvar>|Download]] and move the extracted <tvar name=name>NearbyPages</tvar> folder to your <tvar name=ext>extensions/</tvar> directory.</translate>
  <translate> Developers and code contributors should install the extension [[<tvar name=git>Special:MyLanguage/Download from Git</tvar>|from Git]] instead, using:</translate>cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/NearbyPages
• <translate> Add the following code at the bottom of your <tvar name=1>LocalSettings.php </tvar> file:</translate>

  wfLoadExtension( 'NearbyPages' );
  $wgNearbyPagesUrl = "{$wgScriptPath}/api.php";
  

• File:OOjs UI icon check-constructive.svg <translate> Done</translate> – <translate> Navigate to <tvar name=special>Special:Version</tvar> on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.</translate>

Using with local data

Nearby can be populated with articles on your wiki by installing extension:Geodata.