Wikipedia has launched a new feature called "Nearby" that recommends articles based on a user's location.
The Nearby page page aims to help readers learn more about their current surroundings. For example, visitors to Vatican City will see articles on the Sistine Chapel and Michelangelo's fresco depicting The Last Judgment.
"Thanks to the terrific work of our editor community, Wikipedia has accumulated a massive amount of location data associated with its millions of articles; until now we have not fully taken advantage of this information," the free online encyclopedia said in a blog post Wednesday.
Developed by the Wikimedia Foundation mobile team, the Nearby page also aims to attract new editors who can update information or add photos to articles.
Currently, the page is designed to pull up articles that lack images, and invites users to "illustrate" articles, which they can do via their mobile device.
Although Nearby was built for mobile, it can also accommodate Wikipedia's desktop version.
In January, the encyclopedia introduced the GeoData extension for MediaWiki, which allows articles to pinpoint their geographical coordinates.
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