Local Wikipedia
An experimental project that filters Wikipedia entries to the geographic area within half an hour's walk of the user, displaying encyclopedic content only for nearby locations and exploring localized knowledge consumption.
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Local Wikipedia is a project that filters Wikipedia entries by geographic scope, keeping only content within a half-hour walking range of the user.
Local Wikipedia needs to solve the problem of geolocation and entry matching, because not all Wikipedia entries carry precise coordinate information.
In historic city centers, a half-hour walking range may contain hundreds of relevant Wikipedia entries, whereas in suburbs or newly developed areas, this number may be close to zero.
Local Wikipedia is an open-source project, meaning more people can try similar experiments in their own cities.
Local Wikipedia's design challenges the traditional encyclopedia's assumption of pursuing 'universality' in covering all human knowledge.
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Local Wikipedia is a project that filters Wikipedia entries by geographic scope, keeping only content within a half-hour walking range of the user.
50%UnverifiedLocal Wikipedia needs to solve the problem of geolocation and entry matching, because not all Wikipedia entries carry precise coordinate information.
50%UnverifiedIn historic city centers, a half-hour walking range may contain hundreds of relevant Wikipedia entries, whereas in suburbs or newly developed areas, this number may be close to zero.
50%UnverifiedLocal Wikipedia is an open-source project, meaning more people can try similar experiments in their own cities.
50%UnverifiedLocal Wikipedia's design challenges the traditional encyclopedia's assumption of pursuing 'universality' in covering all human knowledge.
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