Wikivoyage

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Wikivoyage is a Wikimedia project which has for purpose to create an online worldwide travel guide.

Latest ZIM: http://download.kiwix.org/zim/wikivoyage/wikivoyage_en_all_12_2013.zim

Wikivoyage is an interesting for Kiwix because:

• This is not a huge content (500MB of text, plus optional images), so we don't have to deal with giga bytes of data.
• This is an non-encyclopedic content.
• This is an interesting content for non-connected people.
• This is a perfect content for Kiwix for Android

Goal

• Create a dedicated Android app for Wikivoyage providing the best of both Kiwix and Wikivoyage.
• Better advert Wikivoyage on Kiwix web site

Todo

High priority

• Create an automated solution to create wikivoyage ZIM files
  • Create a Wikimedia labs instance
  • Setup with mwoffliner.js and buildZimFromDirectory.pl
  • Run it also to get ZIM file without images
• Improve www.kiwix.org
  • Rewrite Template:ZIMdumps to allow non-wikipedia content (mostly add a new column)
• Create a smartphone friendly dedicated welcome page on Wikivoyage.
• Convert Wikivoyage hotel coordinates to button that opens in Map+GPS app
  • Discuss about that within openZIM

Middle priority

• Create a new "Wikivoyage by Kiwix" Google Play entry
  • Create (or modify existing) a script to prepare a Wikivoyage rebranded APK of Kiwix
• Feature to find Nearby Articles, using GPS.
• Make phone numbers callable ("tel:" URLs).

Low priority

• Feature to send tips, add POIs (Points Of Interest)

People

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