Hi Frances, There does seem to be a “dist” parameter in the results documented at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GeoData#list.3Dgeosearch : if you look in the results you see the “dist” value:
<gs pageid="286442" ns="0" title="Wikimedia Foundation" lat="37.787" lon="-122.4" dist="0.3" primary="" /> This is the distance between the location passed to the API and the location referenced in the result. But the “dist” value is nowhere to be found in the excellent example you gave me which includes lat, lon, and article summary. It’s not tragic if this info is not available cuz I can compute it, but I thought if it was easily available, I’d fetch it. ja On Sep 15, 2014, at 8:08 PM, Frances Hocutt <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jim, > > I don't see anything that would do that in the documentation for the > geosearch module.[1] > > Frances > > [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GeoData#list.3Dgeosearch > > On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 7:30 PM, jim andrews <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks very much, Frances. I am receiving that info OK. I note that it does >> not include the distance from the location in the query to the article’s >> location. Is there a way of getting the query to return that info also? >> >> ja >> >> On Sep 15, 2014, at 12:59 PM, Frances Hocutt <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Jim, try this: >>> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=coordinates|extracts&format=json&colimit=10&exchars=300&exlimit=10&exintro=&generator=geosearch&ggscoord=51.507222%7C-0.1275&ggsradius=1000&ggslimit=10 >>> >>> The documentation for extracts is here: >>> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TextExtracts#API . It is less >>> resource-intensive to only fetch extracts from the introductory >>> section so the limits for queries that use the exintro parameter have >>> higher limits than queries that require the whole page to be parsed. >>> >>> -Frances >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 12:37 PM, jim andrews <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Thanks, Max. I read the URL you cited and visited the API sandbox, but I >>>> don’t understand how to get an article summary. Could you please give me >>>> an example URL? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Jim Andrews >>>> http://vispo.com >>>> >>>> On Sep 15, 2014, at 12:14 PM, Max Semenik <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Jim, you already can do it using geosearch as a generator[1], e.g. [2] >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --- >>>>> [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Query#Generators >>>>> [2] http://tr.im/29XHc >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 12:05 PM, jim andrews <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Do you know if there are any plans to include an article summary in the >>>>> list=geosearch results? That would be terrific. I’ve been using the >>>>> geonames.org API for retrieving Wikipedia articles, and it returns a >>>>> brief (350-400 character?) article summary which seems to be the first >>>>> 350-400 characters (or so) of the Wikipedia articles. This is very useful >>>>> in search results, of course. The user can use that information to decide >>>>> which of the several links to click. The title alone is often rather >>>>> mysterious. It often does not provide enough info for the user to make a >>>>> decision as to which link to click, if any. >>>>> >>>>> Currently, the info I get back from your service ( >>>>> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GeoData#API ) has these fields: >>>>> <gs pageid="167267" ns="0" title="City Lights Bookstore" lat="37.7976" >>>>> lon="-122.407" dist="1331" primary="" /> >>>>> >>>>> I’m suggesting it also include a ‘summary’ field consisting of the first >>>>> 350-400 characters of the article. >>>>> >>>>> Is that feasible? >>>>> >>>>> What I currently do is use geonames as first choice and if that fails, I >>>>> use your service. It would be nice to be able to use your service as >>>>> first choice. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Jim Andrews >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Mediawiki-api mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Best regards, >>>>> Max Semenik ([[User:MaxSem]]) >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Mediawiki-api mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mediawiki-api mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mediawiki-api mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mediawiki-api mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api > > _______________________________________________ > Mediawiki-api mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api _______________________________________________ Mediawiki-api mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api
