AndroidGeo2ArticlesMap
| AndroidGeo2ArticlesMap: Show Articles in Map | |
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| Author: | klaus3b (k3b) |
| License: | GNU General Public License (free of charge) |
| Platform: | Android 4.4+ |
| Version: | v1.5 (2021-11-23) |
| Language: | English |
| Website: | https://github.com/k3b/AndroidGeo2ArticlesMap/ |
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| Source code: | https://github.com/k3b/AndroidGeo2ArticlesMap |
| Programming language: | Java |
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Show articles from Wikipedia or Wikivoyage near a given geographic location in an interactive map. | |
Plugin for LocationMapViewer: Show articles from Wikipedia (or Wikivoyage) near a given geographic location in an interactive map.
Features
Many Android geolocation apps can view/send/share a geografic location (latitude/longitude). "AndroidGeo2ArticlesMap: Show Articles in Map" translates the geografic location to an interactive map of articles from Wikipedia that is near this location.
Example:
Your navigation app (i.e. OsmAnd) shows you a geo-map with your holiday hotel and you want to know: what is near this place that has an article in wikipedia ( or wikivoyage ).
In your navigation app select "view in external app" (or "send location to" or "share location with" or ...) choose "Show Articles in Map" and you will get a map with marks for articles. If you click on a mark you get a small popup with the article summary and a link to the wikipedia article.
Minimal requirements:
- Android-4.4 and later (API 19 ff)
- Installed LocationMapViewer version v0.3.7.210429 or later
- internet/wifi-connection to download article info from wikipedia
Requred permissions:
- INTERNET: to download wikipedia article data and map data from Open Streetmap Server
Resources
- AndroidGeo2ArticlesMap is available via f-droid store or apk internet download or sourcecode at github
- Recent changes see History
- Licence: GPLv3 or later
- LocationMapViewer is available via f-droid store or apk internet download or sourcecode at github