geonames (version 0.8)

Wikipedia: Spatial Query of Wikipedia

Description

Query Wikipedia with a location or area.

Usage

GNfindNearbyWikipedia(...)
GNwikipediaBoundingBox(...)
GNwikipediaSearch(q,maxRows)

Arguments

...

Search parameters - see DETAILS

q

Query string

maxRows

Maximum number of rows to return

Value

• List or data frame objects with the query results.

Details

These functions query geonames for information about places from Wikipedia.

See http://www.geonames.org/export/ws-overview.html for a full description of valid arguments and return values.