Show articles from Wikipedia near a given location in an interactive map.
About this app
Note: You must also install Location Map Viewer to display the results.
This app adds the option Show Articles in Map to any app that can shown/send/share a geo location or geo-uri .
This app hooks into the android system to intercept "view geo-uri". When getting a geo-uri it asks encyclopedia wikipedia (or travelguide wikivoyage or knowledgebase wikidata or photogallery wikimedia) and shows the results in Location Map Viewer (or in any other installed app that understands the format 'kmz').
Location Map Viewer shows a map with bubbles (or article-icons if enabled/available) for every wikipedia article found.
If you click on a bubble you get a popup with a short article description and a button that links to the full article.
Here are some f-droid apps that are compatible with Show Articles in Map
• navigation: OsmAnd,
• public transportation: Transportr or oeffi
• translate postal address to geo Acastus Photon
• Share your current position LocationShare or My Position
Required Android Permissions:
• INTERNET: to download article data from wikipedia or wikivoyage Server .
Licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later, by k3b.
What's New in vv1.6
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- v1.6 (6)
- * #7 Added support for 📷 commons.wikimedia.org (i.e. gallery of photos)
- * #8 Added support for 🔬 www.wikidata.org (Knowledgebase)
- * #9 Added button "share" (i.e. share generated kmz to "save as local file")
Version history
Apr 6, 2023 · 0.2 MB · Android API 19–29 · code 6
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- v1.6 (6)
- * #7 Added support for 📷 commons.wikimedia.org (i.e. gallery of photos)
- * #8 Added support for 🔬 www.wikidata.org (Knowledgebase)
- * #9 Added button "share" (i.e. share generated kmz to "save as local file")
SHA-256 baa467a4aa1caf73b72c2902a0d85bbfd98d44146e365efa4d4e04b6f7ed449f
Aug 8, 2021 · 0.2 MB · Android API 19–29 · code 5
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- * #1: Fixed layout: service buttons did overlap
- * #3: fixed errorhandling: servicehistory entry not removed when no internet.
- * #6: fixed View/Send/SendTo handling when calling LocationMapViewer.
- * #4: Setting: (Not) Load symbols/images to Finetune Speed/Internetbandwidth
SHA-256 f5306b7df134559f00a6f8eb304511df08cc3af406037501c4118fc0bb6812fe
Jul 31, 2021 · 0.2 MB · Android API 19–29 · code 4
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- Initial release
SHA-256 53e0af1f5ce74f58c8e3a9cfa6cb648871e74e692a43ec1261f297a3df4cee69
Will it run on your device?
73%
- Runs on a broad range of modern Android versions.
- ABI coverage is focused on newer 64-bit devices.
Installation Guide
Open Settings on your Android device
Go to Security → Unknown sources (or Install unknown apps)
Enable "Allow from this source" for your browser or file manager
Open the downloaded APK file from your Downloads folder
Tap "Install" and wait for installation to complete
Launch the app from your home screen
Make sure to re-enable Unknown Sources restrictions after installation for security.
How to install this safely
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How to roll back to an earlier version
If the current release misbehaves, v1.5 is the last build before it. Android will not install an older version code over a newer one, so you must uninstall Show Articles in Map first — which clears its local data unless you have a backup. Reinstall the older APK only if its signing fingerprint matches the build you already trust, and check the API range: an older release may target an Android version your device has moved past.
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SHA-256 Hash
baa467a4aa1caf73b72c2902a0d85bbfd98d44146e365efa4d4e04b6f7ed449f
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