GPS coordinates from wikipedia

Question

Hi guys,

Is it possible to get list of restaurants with theirs gps-coordinates from wikipedia. Like "AroundMe" app for iPhone

Answer 1

I do not believe that Wikipedia stores the GPS coordinates of restaurants. I believe that POI (Point Of Interest) databases would be what you are looking for.

Answer 2

You're going to either need to source your own database or use someone else's API - perhaps something like the Yelp API would suffice?

Answer 3

Wikipedia has the WikiProject Geographical coordinates project for organizing articles by location. You can use the third party geocoding webservices provided by geonames.org to easily access this information with the "findNearbyWikipedia" function in their API if you are looking to write your own application. If you are just looking for a service that already does this can run a Yahoo FireEagle (http://fireeagle.com) updater on your phone to track your GPS location and then send an SMS message to Geo.la to ask what the nearest Wikipedia articles are based on your last FireEagle update.