[Google Maps API v2] Re: How can i get the Wikipeida Article from a City?

On Jan 1, 1:24 pm, sheepy <svenwiegand1...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > > It would be wonderfull, if i could make a query with a placename or a
> > > zipcode and than i get a result (as xml or what ever) with the url to
> > > the wikipeida article.
>
> > That would be an API from wikipedia, not part of the google maps API.
>
> > Have you tried looking there or searching for that?
>
> Yes but i can't search zipcodes in the wikipedia API,or?

You need to look at the wikipedia API and learn how to use it for what
you want.

> When i use the Wikipeida API and make a query about a city in bad case
> i can't differ the correct result.
>
> For example: I want to get the german wikipedia article from
> "Neustadt" .
> But in Germany many Cities have the name "Neustadt"

What about this:
http://wikilocation.org/documentation/
You can geocode the zipcode and use the resulting coordinates in the
query.

-- Larry

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