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WikiTraveler

An open toolkit for federated accessibility facts about stays. Community data where people already book. Started as a side project; got out of hand in a useful way.

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Access signup is off for this controlled test. Start from the story or GitHub.

Access detail. Scores and facts in screenshots are sample data.

Access detail. Scores and facts in screenshots are sample data.

WikiTraveler Access property detail, demo accessibility scores for The Match

What it is

Clients never hold the truth. Regional nodes do, and they gossip. Access, Lens, and the SDK only ask the mesh.

System overview

Sources feed the mesh. Coverage is geographic; identity is not.

Napkin view: sources, nodes, clients.

Napkin view: sources, nodes, clients.

WikiTraveler mesh: OpenStreetMap and field audits feed gossiping nodes; Access and Lens consume the mesh
Coverage is geographic. Peers cover other regions.

Coverage is geographic. Peers cover other regions.

World map: traveler signed in on an EU node; peer coverage elsewhere; search routes to the peer that covers that place

On the booking page

WikiTraveler is not another place to book. Lens puts community facts on Booking and Expedia while you decide.

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Lens on a booking page. Demo data for illustration, not real property facts.

Lens on a booking page. Demo data for illustration, not real property facts.

WikiTraveler Lens overlay on a Booking.com listing, demo data, not real property facts

Open toolkit

MIT code. CC-BY mesh data. Ambitious, and still early. Fork what helps, integrate the SDK, or tell us where the architecture is wrong. Registration stays off while this is a controlled test; reach out if you want hands-on Access or Lens.