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Re:Humans will never again create a project like Wikipedia by thatslast on Monday November 09, 2026 @09:42AM (#50426326)
Shameless plug: last month while travelling, I kept walking around a new city and realizing later that I’d passed places with great stories without knowing. Many Wikipedia articles have coordinates, so I thought they could become cards you collect by physically walking there. Each card credits and links back to the article.

I’m not sure it helps with the “AI absorbs it, nobody visits” problem, but every card links to the page, and I think players will go read them to understand what they've just collected.

I also suspect a lot of collectors like correcting things. I know “I was there” isn’t a citable source (see the OSM post box story above), but photos are a real contribution: many Wikipedia photos are poor or outdated, and I’d like players to be able to submit theirs to Commons in the future.

Built with MapLibre + Protomaps. I just added a waiting list if you're interested trying it out!

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Re:Humans will never again create a project like Wikipedia by pbmonster on Monday November 09, 2026 @09:52AM (#50426455)
> Many Wikipedia articles have coordinates, so I thought they could become cards

For an alternative use: the OSM app CoMaps fetches those articles and also includes them in the offline maps.

Last time I was walking around a tourist city, I didn't even bring a tourist guide book. I just followed OSM to the sights, and read the Wikipedia entry about the things I saw. All without using my phones roaming data plan, or even leaving the maps app.

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Re:Humans will never again create a project like Wikipedia by widdershins on Monday November 09, 2026 @10:46AM (#50427166)
I've been on-and-off working on an AI tourguide which pulls Wikipedia articles near your GPS location, builds a route, and at each stop tells you some information extracted from the article.

Nothing public to show, but I have learned a lot about my local area by testing it out.

Yours looks much more polished, I'll look forward to trying it out!

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Re:Humans will never again create a project like Wikipedia by speaktochris on Monday November 09, 2026 @11:03AM (#50427404)
I also wanted to build something like this then I learned Wikipedia has a related feature to show pegs best your lat long https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Nearby
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