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24 alternatives to NearbyWiki.org

Maps & Wikipedia combined, a new way to discover the world

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. NearbyWiki.org launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Explore Wikipedia articles geospatially on an interactive map. Discover historical sites, landmarks, and interesting places around the world through Wikipedia

    2025 · wikiexplore.org · its alternatives →

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    Wikiscope▲155

    Wikipedia + AR

    2019 · jamespotter.dev · its alternatives →

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    Wiki2Map▲279

    Turn Wikipedia into a visual masterpiece

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Find information, resources and relevant links for wikiloopr.com. This domain may be for sale.

    2012 · wikiloopr.com · its alternatives →

  5. 5

    Summarize Wikipedia

    2022 · wikigister.dhairyashah.dev · its alternatives →

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    Find nearby places in AR

    2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Browse Wikipedia in 3D by common connections

    2022 · wikijumps.com · its alternatives →

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    Your free personal tour guide

    2021 · bradsgames.com · its alternatives →

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    Discover the best beaches near you

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Browse and view Wikipedia articles on an interactive globe!

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    Wiki Journey tracks your daily Wikipedia rabbit holes in a tree format. Available on Firefox and Chrome: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/wiki-journey/ https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/wiki-journey/lehenb... It's open source, feel free to contribute! https://github.com/demegire/wiki-journey

    2024 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    A map of every geotagged article in Wikipedia

    2020 · wikimap.wiki · its alternatives →

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    Find Wikipedia articles on Email and Slack with Familiar Bot

    2018 · twitter.com · its alternatives →

  14. 14

    Mapping the world's podcasts

    2018 · podmap.org · its alternatives →

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    Connect two articles on Wikipedia, but do it the long way. I've always been a fan of the theory of six degree of separation, but it's an overused concept when exploring the Wiki-graph. Instead of showing the shortest path, which in my opinion is "boring" and ends up connecting super-important central articles, I came up with my own method: WikiBinge selects the smaller, less represented articles on Wikipedia. In a WikiBinge path, the underdogs are the kings! How does it work? It's pretty straightforward! Compute PageRank on the Wiki-graph and assign as weight of each edge the PageRank value…

    2023 · wikibinge.com · its alternatives →

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    A Firefox extension to map your Wikipedia Journeys

    2020 · addons.mozilla.org · its alternatives →

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    Wikiverse▲119

    An interactive galaxy of Wikipedia knowledge ✨

    2016 · wikiverse.io · its alternatives →

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    Independent Hacker News tools and stories from OrangeCrumbs.

    Jun 2026 · orangecrumbs.com · its alternatives →

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    A high-class encyclopedia and an interactive travel guide

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    An encyclopedia on your wrist

    2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Wikiwand▲169

    Streamline Wikipedia knowledge and answer your questions

    2024 · wikiwand.com · its alternatives →

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    Discover people, books and videos based on mentions.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Browse Wikipedia spatially, with a contextual sidebar/graph

    2021 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Explore national parks around the world

    2023 · travelermap.net · its alternatives →

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