RambleOn is a real interesting experiment to map the locations mentioned inwards the Wikipedia entries of historically of import individuals. The interactive map uses Natural Language Processing to decide the locations mentioned inwards Wikipedia entries inwards companionship to plot the biographical movements of an individual. The online version on RambleOn currently allows you lot to explore the life trajectories of famous historical figures who lived inwards the showtime one-half of the 20th Century.
You tin laissez passer the sack search the map for private notable people past times using the search tools inwards the map side-panel. These let you lot to search for famous individuals past times nationality, private Wikipedia province domain, or past times name. The online version of RambleOn exactly allows you lot to explore the life trajectories of the 20th Century individuals already mapped. However if you lot download the standalone version, RambleON Navigator, you lot tin laissez passer the sack also operate into the movements of whatever private amongst a Wikipedia entry to map their life trajectory.
To exercise private mapped life trajectories RambleOn carries out Natural Language Processing on an individual's Wikipedia entry. This processing identifies dates too locations inwards a Wikipedia entry. The locations are too then geocoded using Nominatim. The dates too geocoded locations are too then output to a JSON file which is too then read too mapped past times the RambleOn interactive map. If you lot interested inwards the actual code behind this procedure too then you lot tin laissez passer the sack explore the projection on GitHub.
