{"id":32291,"date":"2022-01-21T16:36:05","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T16:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=32291"},"modified":"2022-01-21T16:36:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T16:36:05","slug":"a-clever-map-tool-will-tell-you-facts-about-basically-any-street-or-building-via-wikipedia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=32291","title":{"rendered":"A clever map tool will tell you facts about (basically) any street or building, via Wikipedia!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-32292\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/wiki_place_tool.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" \/>You can explore your local area with the \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/wikipedia-around.glitch.me\/\">Wikipedia Around<\/a>\u2019 tool\u2026 just tap the \u2018get current position\u2019 button and it\u2019ll bring up loads of relevant Wikipedia articles!<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 I can just flash up this website and explore any part of town I like\u2026.Proper useful\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>Timeout<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>Good news, fellow curious-but-impatient people.\u00a0Discovering the hidden history of your local area just got a lot easier. All you need to do is tap the \u2018get current position\u2019 button on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wikipedia-around.glitch.me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this website<\/a> and it\u2019ll bring up loads of relevant Wikipedia articles about where you live&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s something extremely exciting about finding this stuff out. It feels like you\u2019ve cheated the system&#8230;. \u2013 I can just flash up this website and explore any part of town I like. Turns out there are the remains of an old railway station just over there&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;.Proper useful&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Want to explore your local area? Play around with the \u2018Wikipedia Around\u2019 tool\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wikipedia-around.glitch.me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/news\/this-clever-map-tool-will-tell-you-facts-about-basically-any-street-or-building-010722\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can explore your local area with the \u2018Wikipedia Around\u2019 tool\u2026 just tap the \u2018get current position\u2019 button and it\u2019ll bring up loads of relevant Wikipedia articles!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32293,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32291\/revisions\/32293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}