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mediawiki/whats-nearby
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Provides geolocation information to templates

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Whats Nearby
============

[](#whats-nearby)

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Whats Nearby is a small extension that adds geolocation (HTML5) detection information to templates in order for [`#ask`](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki) distance queries to generate adaptive content.

This extension can be used to:

- Display queryable content that depends on variable location information (`detectLocation`, `watchLocation`)
- Instantly modify distance queries (`@@radius`) from a page view that rely on static coordinates
- Generate dynamic queryable `#ask` lists

Privacy: This extension makes actively use of the HTML5 geolocation feature in case the `nolocation` parameter is not used.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 5.3.2 or later
- MediaWiki 1.23 or later
- [Maps](https://github.com/JeroenDeDauw/Maps) 3.5 or later

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

The recommended way to install WhatsNearby is by using [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) with an entry in MediaWiki's `composer.json`.

```
{
	"require": {
		"mediawiki/whats-nearby": "~1.0"
	}
}
```

1. From your MediaWiki installation directory, execute `composer require mediawiki/whats-nearby:~1.0`
2. Navigate to *Special:Version* on your wiki and verify that the package have been successfully installed.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

[![image](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1245473/13100182/71f52ad6-d53a-11e5-8d57-3d1f94f510ee.png)](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1245473/13100182/71f52ad6-d53a-11e5-8d57-3d1f94f510ee.png)

Add a `#nearby` parser function to a page where the content is expected to be displayed for a geolocation.

```
{{#nearby:
 |querytemplate=Local libraries,Point of interest
 |coordinates=47° 37' 13.9368'' N,122° 20' 56.8860'' W
 |radius=300 m
 |interval=450
 |max=10000
 |format=googlemaps
 |detectLocation=true
 |watchLocation=false
 |localCache=300
 |controls=slider
 |class=extra-nearby-location
}}

```

Detailed information about the `#nearby` parser function and how to make use of templates can be found [here](docs/README.md).

Contribution and support
------------------------

[](#contribution-and-support)

If you want to contribute work to the project please subscribe to the developers mailing list and have a look at the contribution guideline.

- [File an issue](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/WhatsNearby/issues)
- [Submit a pull request](https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/WhatsNearby/pulls)
- Ask a question on [the mailing list](https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Mailing_list)
- Ask a question on the #semantic-mediawiki IRC channel on Freenode.

Tests
-----

[](#tests)

This extension provides unit and integration tests that are run by a [continues integration platform](https://travis-ci.org/SemanticMediaWiki/WhatsNearby)but can also be executed using `composer phpunit` from the extension base directory.

License
-------

[](#license)

[GNU General Public License, version 2 or later](https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html).

###  Health Score

17

—

LowBetter than 6% of packages

Maintenance18

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community19

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity14

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 51.2% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

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