How to get the coordinates of the polygon area

Question

How to get the coordinates of the polygon area:

http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=49.964473&lon=36.262436&z=12&m=b&show=/20421408/Chervonozavodsky-district

Answer 1

You need to use the place.Search function of The Wikimapia API and enter the latitude, longitude and the name of the place as parameters.

The API returns a lot of data separated in blocks. The one you are interested in is the geometry.

You can make tests with the Wikimapia API to filter the results to your needs. With the lat lon parameters and the district name you provided I was able to get the area you needed as the first result.

The places[0].polygon is what you need. A JSON array of coordinates.

Here´s the url I used to get the results:

http://api.wikimapia.org/?key=example&function=place.search&q=Chervonozavodsky-district&lat=49.964473&lon=36.262436&format=json&pack=&language=en&data_blocks=geometry%2C&page=1&count=1

Note that in this example i made the request for a JSON result. But you can also ask for a XML if you prefer.

Hope it helps!