Two websites give Wikipedia users a more immediate, spatial connection to data. Placeopedia allows visitors to connect articles to locales, creating searchable maps linked to the original texts. To create an easy to use system of map annotation, the creators of Placeopedia have made the information available under a creative commons license.
Semapedia provides a more hands-on connection to Wikipedia. Users enter Wikipedia URLs, which the site converts into cell phone-readable sheets. The printed data become physical hyperlinks, allowing others to access information about places and objects they encounter.
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. Historian Shae Davidson's research interests include public policy and the relationship between culture and civil society. His publications range from articles on industrial history to absurdist poetry.
Two websites give Wikipedia users a more immediate, spatial connection to data. Placeopedia allows visitors to connect articles to locales, creating searchable maps linked to the original texts. To create an easy to use system of map annotation, the creators of Placeopedia have made the information available under a creative commons license.
