LocalWiki

LocalWiki is a collaborative project that aims to collect and open the world's local knowledge. The LocalWiki project was founded by Mike Ivanov and Philip Neustrom, and is a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California. LocalWiki is both the name of the project and the software that runs the project's websites.[1] Map contributions made to LocalWiki are licensed under the ODBL and thus are compatible with OpenStreetMap. LocalWiki heavily uses and pulls OSM data, and also has a friendly relationship with Wikipedia, even being called its "cousin" project. There has also been collaboration between all three projects. All in all, LocalWiki is generally in between OpenStreetMap and Wikipedia.

Maps

LocalWiki uses OSM-based Mapbox maps that users can contribute to by drawing the point or area the particular page refers to. The map also appears in the search. It also is used in the tag indexes (tags in LocalWiki are very different than tags here at OSM ;)!).

Linking to LocalWiki

You can link to the LocalWiki article about the feature using localwiki=*.

Comparisons

Comparison of LocalWiki, OpenStreetMap, and Wikipedia
FeaturesLocalWikiOpenStreetMapWikipedia
Notability guidelinesnonoyes
Articlesyesnoyes
Mapsyesyespartial
Original researchyesyesno
Verifiability standardnoyesyes
Neutral Point of Viewnoyesyes
Categoriespartialnoyes
Permanent IDsyesnoyes
Permanent deletionnopartialpartial
Third-party useyesnoyes
Encyclopedic missionnonoyes
Geospatial contentyesyespartial
Disable own accountyesnono
Delete accountnoyesno
Change account namenoyespartial
Real nameyesnono
Account locationnoyesno
Friendsnoyesno
Diariesnoyesno
Picturesyesnoyes
Tracesnoyesno
Tagsyesyesno
Maps in searchyesyesno
Multiple map stylesnoyesno
Advertisementsnonono
Free membershipyesyesyes
Page touryesnono
WYSIWYGyesnono
Inter-website photo linkingyesnono
Dashboardyesnono
Local adminsyesnono
Sort articlesyesnono
News feedyesnono
Pluginsyesnono
Embed mediayesnono
Follow useryesnono
Thank usernonoyes
Aerial imagerynoyesno
Multiple editorsnoyesyes
Show changesyespartialyes
Review changesyesnono
Watchlistyespartialyes
Map searchyesyesno
Notesnoyesno
Notificationsnopartialyes
Edit filtersnonoyes
Creative Commonsyesnoyes
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