Jeff Garrett wrote:
It would be good to build a tool that could retrieve all the chinese
restaurants within a 20 mile radius of some location:
http://www.google.com/xhtml?site=local&dm=none&latlng=39900000,-83200000&radius=20&q=category:+Restaurant+Chinese
I have also recently discovered the google local for mobile phones site.
I've had mixed results with Google local, but maybe I just don't know
how to use it yet. Personally, I think it'd be nice if I had a list of
POIs important to me (restaurants, bars, pool halls, ...) near me.
Since I don't always have wifi access (when out), it'd be nice to crack
open the laptop and spontaneously choose a restaurant near me. (This
lacks some of the flavor of wandering around for miles though...) Even
more, it'd be nice if I could get directions to wherever it is I wish to
go (even disconnected), esp. (for now) on public transportation. But
this may be a project for further down the line. :)
Another advantage of having a Google-free POI set is the possibility of
sharing POI sets and even implementing some sort of ratings/reviews...
I was thinking that a program could be written to retreive the google
data when connected to the database. For example, If I am travelling to
Vegas then I would setup the app to gather all restaurants, hotels, gas
stations, etc ... within a 30 mile radius of Vegas. Then I have the data
stored locally and I can take it with me on my trip.
I have also recently seen that yahoo local is opening up their API for
third parties.
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