Extension:NearbyPages

**MediaWiki extensions manual**
NearbyPages; Release status: stable
Description	Provides Special:Nearby
Latest version	1.40
MediaWiki	1.39
Database changes	No
	Parameters $wgNearbyPagesNamespaces; $wgNearbyPagesUrl; $wgNearbyRange; $wgNearbyPagesWikidataCompatibility; $wgNearbyRandomButton;
Licence	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension ; Git [?]: Browse repository (GitHub); Gerrit code review; Git commit log; Download source tarball; ; README
	1.39
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The NearbyPages extension provides location based articles via Special:Nearby special page. It was previously part of Extension:MobileFrontend but decoupled and rewritten with Vue.js . The extension can also be deployed as a static web app that is demoed as a standalone app for Wikipedia and Wikidata.

Special:Nearby

The page Special:Nearby lists articles that are geotagged nearest to the user's current location, as provided by their browser. Due to the limit of the geosearch API, only articles within a 10 km radius are listed by default, although this can be changed using the $wgMaxGeoSearchRadius and $wgNearbyRange variables.

It is also possible to manually specify a location by including its latitude and longitude as URL parameters. For example, this URL will generate a list of articles near the w:Statue of Liberty in New York City, US:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Nearby#/coord/40.69,-74.04

Installation

Download and move the extracted NearbyPages folder to your extensions/ directory.
Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:
```
cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/NearbyPages
```

Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

wfLoadExtension( 'NearbyPages' );
$wgNearbyPagesUrl = "{$wgScriptPath}/api.php";

Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Using with local data

Nearby can be populated with articles on your wiki by installing extension:Geodata.

This extension is being used on one or more Wikimedia projects. This probably means that the extension is stable and works well enough to be used by such high-traffic websites. Look for this extension's name in Wikimedia's CommonSettings.php and InitialiseSettings.php configuration files to see where it's installed. A full list of the extensions installed on a particular wiki can be seen on the wiki's Special:Version page.

This extension is included in the following wiki farms/hosts and/or packages: