Someone created a web page on labs somewhere that does exactly this, and I
used it to improve my neighborhood, but I can't find it now :(

On Sat, Nov 5, 2016, 9:04 PM Rehman Abubakr <rehman.wikime...@live.com>
wrote:

> This is great! It would be really cool if someone could write a similar
> Android mobile app...
>
>
>
> Thanks and regards,
>
> User:Rehman <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rehman>
>
>
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> *Subject:* [Commons-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Pebble smartwatch tool for
> finding Wikipedia photo opportunities
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> Forwarding
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> Pine
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Sage Ross* <ragesoss+wikipe...@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, Nov 5, 2016 at 3:29 PM
> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Pebble smartwatch tool for finding Wikipedia photo
> opportunities
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org>
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>
> Hi folks!
>
> I made something that I think is pretty cool: a watchface for Pebble
> smartwatches that shows you the nearest unphotographed Wikipedia
> article. I've been using it for about a month, and I'm really happy
> with how it's turned out. I've taken a lot of photos for articles that
> I wouldn't have otherwise.
>
> It's called "Diderot". If you have a Pebble, check it out:
> https://apps.getpebble.com/en_US/application/57dc94602a6ea665510000f0
>
> A few neat things about it:
>
> * You can configure it for a number of different language versions of
> Wikipedia
> * It uses a wmflabs API by Albin Larrson which filters out articles
> that have only a png or svg illustration, so you still see the
> articles that have a map or logo but lack a real photograph.
>
> -Sage
>
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