Hello - this is my first post here.
MySociety's MaPit service now provides open data for any point in the
UK, from its coordinates (or postcode), returning the containing
administrative areas such as ward and constituency. So, if a Wikipedia
article about any UK subject is geotagged, the relevant containing
areas (and thus authorities) for the location can be determined.
For example see Electric Cinema, Birmingham:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Cinema,_Birmingham
then select the coordinates (shown by default in the top-right), and
on the page of links to mapping services:
http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Electric_Cinema,_Birmingham¶ms=52.4766_N_-1.8987_E_type:landmark
the MaPit link:
http://mapit.mysociety.org/point/4326/-1.8987,52.4766.html
is the final item under the "Great Britain" heading. Dropping the
".html" suffix returns JSON:
http://mapit.mysociety.org/point/4326/-1.8987,52.4766
Either tells us that the cinema is in Ladywood ward of Birmingham City
Council, Birmingham Ladywood constituency, and so on.
Can this data be used/ referenced by DBPedia?
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Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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