Wikipedia {geonames}R Documentation

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

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.

Value

List or data frame objects with the query results.


[Package geonames version 0.8 Index]