Wikitravel:Offline reader Expedition - Revision history

69.118.19.30: /* Rationale */ There are already modifiers on both sentences - don't need sarcasm or side commentary

2012-07-16T01:39:42Z

‎Rationale: There are already modifiers on both sentences - don't need sarcasm or side commentary

Rezendi: App renaming, preference to multi-platform apps

2012-03-27T17:16:50Z

App renaming, preference to multi-platform apps

173.32.87.82: /* Solutions so far */ Minor tweak

2012-02-14T18:37:57Z

‎Solutions so far: Minor tweak

173.32.87.82: /* Solutions so far */ Minor tweak

2012-02-14T18:34:41Z

‎Solutions so far: Minor tweak

79.176.218.166: /* Target formats */ add Evopedia, plucker is not updated

2012-01-23T10:15:34Z

‎Target formats: add Evopedia, plucker is not updated

85.81.103.212: Removing link to tripsteps.com (spam)

2011-12-07T19:04:09Z

Removing link to tripsteps.com (spam)

117.225.71.148: /* Solutions so far */

2011-11-27T10:44:45Z

‎Solutions so far

131.246.227.142: /* Solutions so far */

2011-11-20T09:47:06Z

‎Solutions so far

Nicolas1981: /* Solutions so far */ also on "normal" offline computers

2011-11-02T07:14:24Z

‎Solutions so far: also on "normal" offline computers

DenisYurkin: /* Solutions so far */

2011-10-13T19:48:32Z

‎Solutions so far

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 ==Rationale==
-Wikitravel has two main target media: online use over the World Wide Web, and offline use in hardcopy (paper) form. It's possible, however, to have electronic files that you can read on a computer or a PDA even when you aren't connected to the Internet (shocking!). This could be very useful for some travellers (although there are plenty of us who can't or don't want to use a portable computer or PDA). Being able to navigate through a number of articles with a hand-held device could make it a lot easier to get around.
+Wikitravel has two main target media: online use over the World Wide Web, and offline use in hardcopy (paper) form. It's possible, however, to have electronic files that you can read on a computer or a PDA even when you aren't connected to the Internet. This could be very useful for some travellers. Being able to navigate through a number of articles with a hand-held device could make it a lot easier to get around.
 ==Needed==

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 == Solutions so far ==
-* The free Android app '''[http://sites.google.com/site/mytourguideapp My Tourist Guide]''' lets you easily download pages from Wikitravel and also has a "text to speach" feature.
+* The free Android/iOS app '''WikiSherpa''' [http://www.wikisherpa.com/] lets you download any number of Wikitravel pages to your device for later offline access, and/or a complete snapshot of Wikitravel along with all of its associated Wikipedia pages, and nearby Foursquare listings. It also plots Wikitravel listings on Google or offline maps, provides the ability to download offline OpenStreetMap maps, and supports offline Wikitravel editing, among other features.
-* The open-source '''[http://code.google.com/p/oxygenguide OxygenGuide]''' offline reader works on Androids, Kindles, laptops, and other devices.
+* '''Triposo''' [http://www.triposo.com/], free Android/iOS app allows to download guides for offline use. Guides are machine-generated compilations from Wikitravel, World66, Wikipedia, Open Street Maps, TouristEye, Dmoz, Chefmoz and photos from Flickr.
 * The iPhone/iPod Touch apps '''[http://itunes.apple.com/app/offline-wikitravel/id354762531?mt=8 Offline Wikitravel]''' ($7.99), '''[http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mapswithme-travel-guide/id431183278 MapsWithMe]''' (free), and '''[http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pocketearth-maps-guides/id481679745?mt=8 PocketEarth Maps &amp; Guides]''' ($4.99) provide complete snapshots of Wikitravel, the latter two also includes offline maps.
-* The (free) Android/iOS app '''[http://www.itravelfree.net/ iTravelFree]''' lets you download any number of Wikitravel pages to your device for later offline access. It also plots Wikitravel listings on Google or offline maps, provides the ability to download two offline maps, and supports offline Wikitravel editing, among other features. The paid version lets you download a complete offline snapshot of Wikitravel and up to seven offline maps  to your device.
+* The free Android app '''[http://sites.google.com/site/mytourguideapp My Tourist Guide]''' lets you easily download pages from Wikitravel and also has a "text to speach" feature.
-* '''Triposo''' [http://www.triposo.com/], free Android/iOS app allows to download guides for offline use. Guides are machine-generated compilations from Wikitravel, World66, Wikipedia, Open Street Maps, TouristEye, Dmoz, Chefmoz and photos from Flickr.
+* The open-source '''[http://code.google.com/p/oxygenguide OxygenGuide]''' offline reader works on Androids, Kindles, laptops, and other devices.
 * iPhone and iPod Touch users with a jailbroken device can install an '''[http://s3.amazonaws.com/dwalters/wikitravel-en-20090302.bin English Wikitravel dump]''' ''(Mar 2010, 39MB)'' in '''[http://www.haukap.com/wiki2touch/ wiki2touch]''' for full offline access.

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 * The iPhone/iPod Touch apps '''[http://itunes.apple.com/app/offline-wikitravel/id354762531?mt=8 Offline Wikitravel]''' ($7.99), '''[http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mapswithme-travel-guide/id431183278 MapsWithMe]''' (free), and '''[http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pocketearth-maps-guides/id481679745?mt=8 PocketEarth Maps &amp; Guides]''' ($4.99) provide complete snapshots of Wikitravel, the latter two also includes offline maps.
-* The (free) Android/iOS app '''[http://www.itravelfree.net/ iTravelFree]''' lets you download any number of Wikitravel pages to your device for later offline access. It also provides the ability to download two offline maps, and supports offline Wikitravel editing, among other features. The paid version lets you download a complete offline snapshot of Wikitravel and up to seven offline maps  to your device.
+* The (free) Android/iOS app '''[http://www.itravelfree.net/ iTravelFree]''' lets you download any number of Wikitravel pages to your device for later offline access. It also plots Wikitravel listings on Google or offline maps, provides the ability to download two offline maps, and supports offline Wikitravel editing, among other features. The paid version lets you download a complete offline snapshot of Wikitravel and up to seven offline maps  to your device.
 * '''Triposo''' [http://www.triposo.com/], free Android/iOS app allows to download guides for offline use. Guides are machine-generated compilations from Wikitravel, World66, Wikipedia, Open Street Maps, TouristEye, Dmoz, Chefmoz and photos from Flickr.

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 * The iPhone/iPod Touch apps '''[http://itunes.apple.com/app/offline-wikitravel/id354762531?mt=8 Offline Wikitravel]''' ($7.99), '''[http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mapswithme-travel-guide/id431183278 MapsWithMe]''' (free), and '''[http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pocketearth-maps-guides/id481679745?mt=8 PocketEarth Maps &amp; Guides]''' ($4.99) provide complete snapshots of Wikitravel, the latter two also includes offline maps.
-* The (free) Android/iOS app '''[http://www.itravelfree.net/ iTravelFree]''' lets you download any number of Wikitravel pages to your device for later offline access. It also provides the ability to download an OpenStreetMap map, and supports offline Wikitravel editing, among other features. The paid version lets you download a complete offline snapshot of Wikitravel and up to five OpenStreetMaps to your device.
+* The (free) Android/iOS app '''[http://www.itravelfree.net/ iTravelFree]''' lets you download any number of Wikitravel pages to your device for later offline access. It also provides the ability to download two offline maps, and supports offline Wikitravel editing, among other features. The paid version lets you download a complete offline snapshot of Wikitravel and up to seven offline maps  to your device.
 * '''Triposo''' [http://www.triposo.com/], free Android/iOS app allows to download guides for offline use. Guides are machine-generated compilations from Wikitravel, World66, Wikipedia, Open Street Maps, TouristEye, Dmoz, Chefmoz and photos from Flickr.

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 *'''Wiki2Touch''' http://code.google.com/p/wiki2touch/ Free application for Jailbroken iPod touches and iPhones. Takes an xml.bz2 dump of wiki databases and turns it into it own format not much larger than the original file. Works exceptionally well.
 *'''[http://www.wikitaxi.org WikiTaxi]''' is an offline reader, viewer, and browser for MediaWiki wikis. WikiTaxi works extremely well on huge Wikipedias (English, German, Japanese, etc) *.xml.bz database dumps. Multi-language support makes sure it works with WikiTravel also. For Windows. Freeware.
+* '''Evopedia''' http://evopedia.info/ Free open source offline dump reader and browser for MediaWiki wikis using devices default web browser to display results.  Target devices include Linux tablets and smartphones using Nokia Maemo OS, OpenMoko SHR, and devices and computers running Ubuntu and Arch Linux distros.  Evopedia requires processed dumps available at their website or custom databases which can be made with free tools.
-Of these, Plucker seems like the nicest one. It's being actively worked on, and it is [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Free Software],
-and that means that you can use it without charge, that you can give it away to others, and that you can even modify the program (or pay others to do it for you) to customize it or add the features you want. [Plucker hasn't been updated in over four years; Last update was in 2007]
 Raw XML dumps of the database would likely be the technically simplest option for Wikitravel to release its data.  These dumps are large, highly-compressible, single files which are, among other things suitable for distribution via BitTorrent.  Interested parties could convert these to their desired format for use or redistribution.

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	* '''Triposo''' [http://www.triposo.com/], free Android/iOS app allows to download guides for offline use. Guides are machine-generated compilations from Wikitravel, World66, Wikipedia, Open Street Maps, TouristEye, Dmoz, Chefmoz and photos from Flickr.		* '''Triposo''' [http://www.triposo.com/], free Android/iOS app allows to download guides for offline use. Guides are machine-generated compilations from Wikitravel, World66, Wikipedia, Open Street Maps, TouristEye, Dmoz, Chefmoz and photos from Flickr.
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−	* A plucker (.pdb) continent-by-continent offline eBook download is available at: [http://www.tripsteps.com/ebook/ tripsteps.com/ebook]

	* iPhone and iPod Touch users with a jailbroken device can install an '''[http://s3.amazonaws.com/dwalters/wikitravel-en-20090302.bin English Wikitravel dump]''' ''(Mar 2010, 39MB)'' in '''[http://www.haukap.com/wiki2touch/ wiki2touch]''' for full offline access.		* iPhone and iPod Touch users with a jailbroken device can install an '''[http://s3.amazonaws.com/dwalters/wikitravel-en-20090302.bin English Wikitravel dump]''' ''(Mar 2010, 39MB)'' in '''[http://www.haukap.com/wiki2touch/ wiki2touch]''' for full offline access.

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	== Solutions so far ==		== Solutions so far ==
		+	* The free Android app '''[http://sites.google.com/site/mytourguideapp My Tourist Guide]''' lets you easily download pages from Wikitravel and also has a "text to speach" feature.
		+
	* The open-source '''[http://code.google.com/p/oxygenguide OxygenGuide]''' offline reader works on Androids, Kindles, laptops, and other devices.		* The open-source '''[http://code.google.com/p/oxygenguide OxygenGuide]''' offline reader works on Androids, Kindles, laptops, and other devices.