Great to see this! But is it down? I get "Data last updated: [connecting]", and queries run forever...
On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 7:31 AM Stas Malyshev <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all! > > I would like to present to you a preview of an upcoming Wikidata Query > Service feature, namely geospatial search - on > http://geotest.wmflabs.org/. With this, you will be able to search > things by their geographic coordinates, e.g.: > > Objects within 10km of Paris: > http://tinyurl.com/jaxr3bn > > Airports within 100km from Berlin: > http://tinyurl.com/gtbmqz3 > > (try also the map view!) > > The purpose of the preview is to let people play with it and collect > feedback on what works, what doesn't and what you'd like to see > added/changed/removed. > > This is a preview implementation, so do not use it for anything beyond > admiring the marvels of modern technology :) and providing feedback. The > full release on query.wikidata.org will follow sometime in late > April-early May, hopefully. > > What is implemented? > - Coordinate storage & indexing as WKT literals > - Search within radius and within bounding box > - Support for different globes > > What is missing but would be added soon? > - Distances as search output and as separate function > - Documentation > - You tell me > > Thanks, > -- > Stas Malyshev > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata >
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