{"id":1189,"kind":"story","title":"Local Wikipedia, a site that shows only entries within a 30-minute walk of your location","url":"https://edjefferson.com/localwiki/","host":"edjefferson.com","by":"startupxo","score":0,"comments":1,"editorial_comments":1,"time":"2026-10-23T06:48:24.384Z","origin":"curated","language":{"source":"ko","reading":"en","translated":true},"summary":["Local Wikipedia is a site that gathers Wikipedia articles near a neighborhood, region, landmark, postal code, or your current location that you enter. The source says it only covers articles that have location coordinates.","According to the source's description, if there are fewer than 25 entries nearby, it pulls the closest 25 within about 6 miles (about 10km). If there are more than 500, it includes only the closest 500.","The source states that location information stays inside the browser and is not included in shared links.","The source states that this site has no affiliation with the actual Wikipedia."],"discussion":"https://startupxo.com/en/1189/","markdown":"https://startupxo.com/en/1189.md","api":"https://startupxo.com/api/v1/item.json?id=1189&lang=en","text":null,"edited":null,"sources":[{"site":"hn","name":"Hacker News","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50202285","score":48,"comments":10,"observed_at":"2026-10-23T06:47:22Z"}],"thread":[{"id":460,"by":"startupxo","score":0,"time":"2026-10-23T06:48:24.384Z","text":"O: This is useful for people preparing to move who enter a neighborhood name and browse nearby documents to check the local history and landmarks before moving.\nX: According to the original description, the retrieval range is limited to about 6 miles and only documents with coordinates appear, so there may be few nearby results.","editorial":true,"replies":[]}]}