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Special:Nearby should use OpenStreetMap data (from OSM objects' `wikidata=*` tag) and Wikidata's coordinate location property, [[ https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P625 | Property:P625 ]], to generate the list instead of the GeoData API. This would allow more accurate distances for administrative areas, railway lines^ and basically anything which isn't perfectly spherical. This would also obviate the need for Extension:GeoData entirely, since the only thing that needs it (AFAIK) is Special:Nearby, and pretty much all coordinates are now in Wikidata. ^ For OSM public transport routes, it is possible that relations could be contained within the relation with the Wikidata tag so this may have to be taken into account.

Special:Nearby should use OpenStreetMap data (from OSM objects' `wikidata=*` tag) and Wikidata's coordinate location property, [[ https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P625 | Property:P625 ]], to generate the list instead of the GeoData API. This would allow more accurate distances for administrative areas, railway lines^ and basically anything which isn't perfectly spherical. This (or even just using Wikidata P625) would also obviate the need for Extension:GeoData entirely, since the only thing that needs it (AFAIK) is Special:Nearby, and pretty much all coordinates are now in Wikidata. ^ For OSM public transport routes, it is possible that relations could be contained within the relation with the Wikidata tag so this may have to be taken into account.

Special:Nearby should use OpenStreetMap data (from OSM objects' `wikidata=*` tag) and Wikidata's coordinate location property, [[ https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P625 | Property:P625 ]], to generate the list instead of the GeoData API. This would allow more accurate distances for administrative areas, railway lines^ and basically anything which isn't perfectly spherical. This (or even just using Wikidata P625) would also obviate the need for Extension:GeoData entirely, since the only thing that needs it (AFAIK) is Special:Nearby, and pretty much all coordinates are now in Wikidata. ^ For OSM public transport routes, it is possible that relations could be contained within the relation with the Wikidata tag so this may have to be taken into account.