WikiShoot

WikiShoot is an iOS (iPhone and iPad) application allowing you to take photos of unphotographed locations and upload them to Wikimedia Commons (or some other MediaWiki deployment).

This was a contest entry for Wikipedia's October 2011 Coding Challenge.

Mockup

WikiShoot development follows this rough UI mockup showing how it should work.

Status

Implemented:

Minimal MediaWiki Cocoa API client, CocoaMW.
Unphotographed locations map (using GeoNames + MediaWiki APIs).
Image picker.

Not (yet) implemented:

Image upload functionality.
Form to enter image's data.
"Choose from list" unphotographed locations functionality.
Ability to choose a "thing" (not a location) to photograph.
License chooser.
"User statistics" view.

How to run

Download and install Xcode 4 and iOS SDK 5. The Mac App Store version has been tested, but other versions might work too.
Clone this repository: git clone https://github.com/pypt/WikiShoot.git
Enter the WikiShoot directory and fetch the submodules: git submodule update --init
Open WikiShoot.xcodeproj
Build and run.

Compatibility

(Should be) compatible with iOS 4.3 and up.

Screenshots

See the screenshot gallery.

3rd party code

See Libraries/ and Libraries/ArticlesAround/Libraries/. All of the 3rd party code is GPL-compatible.

License

Apache 2.0, see LICENSE.

pypt / WikiShoot