LocalWiki

LocalWiki’s logo

LocalWiki is a collaborative project that aims to collect and open the world's local knowledge. The LocalWiki project was founded by Mike Ivanov and Philip Neustrom, and is a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California. LocalWiki is both the name of the project and the software that runs the project's websites. Map contributions made to LocalWiki are licensed under the ODBL and thus are compatible with OpenStreetMap. LocalWiki heavily uses and pulls OSM data, and also has a friendly relationship with Wikipedia, even being called its "cousin" project. There has also been collaboration between all three projects. All in all, LocalWiki is generally in between OpenStreetMap and Wikipedia.

Maps

LocalWiki uses OSM-based Mapbox maps that users can contribute to by drawing the point or area the particular page refers to. The map also appears in the search. It also is used in the tag indexes (tags in LocalWiki are very different than tags here at OSM ;)!).

Linking to LocalWiki

You can link to the LocalWiki article about the feature using localwiki=*.

Comparisons

Comparison of LocalWiki, OpenStreetMap, and Wikipedia

Features	LocalWiki	OpenStreetMap	Wikipedia
Notability guidelines	no	no	yes
Articles	yes	no	yes
Maps	yes	yes	partial
Original research	yes	yes	no
Verifiability standard	no	yes	yes
Neutral Point of View	no	yes	yes
Categories	partial	no	yes
Permanent IDs	yes	no	yes
Permanent deletion	no	partial	partial
Third-party use	yes	no	yes
Encyclopedic mission	no	no	yes
Geospatial content	yes	yes	partial
Disable own account	yes	no	no
Delete account	no	yes	no
Change account name	no	yes	partial
Real name	yes	no	no
Account location	no	yes	no
Friends	no	yes	no
Diaries	no	yes	no
Pictures	yes	no	yes
Traces	no	yes	no
Tags	yes	yes	no
Maps in search	yes	yes	no
Multiple map styles	no	yes	no
Advertisements	no	no	no
Free membership	yes	yes	yes
Page tour	yes	no	no
WYSIWYG	yes	no	no
Inter-website photo linking	yes	no	no
Dashboard	yes	no	no
Local admins	yes	no	no
Sort articles	yes	no	no
News feed	yes	no	no
Plugins	yes	no	no
Embed media	yes	no	no
Follow user	yes	no	no
Thank user	no	no	yes
Aerial imagery	no	yes	no
Multiple editors	no	yes	yes
Show changes	yes	partial	yes
Review changes	yes	no	no
Watchlist	yes	partial	yes
Map search	yes	yes	no
Notes	no	yes	no
Notifications	no	partial	yes
Edit filters	no	no	yes
Creative Commons	yes	no	yes