Obviously free is most desired... Paying for the service would be an option, depends on how much and what the service is providing above the freely available services.
On Jan 24, 2011, at 12:54 PM, Ian White wrote: > And I presume you don't want to pay for the service? > > == > Ian White :: Urban Mapping Inc > 26 O'Farrell Street Suite 310 > San Francisco CA 94108 > T.415.946.8170 X800 :: F.866.385.8266 :: urbanmapping.com > > From: John Pataki <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:23:23 -0600 > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Geowanking] API for updated & comprehensive business data based on > geolocation > > I am building a mobile app that will display businesses in your proximity > based on your current geo location. > I need to figure what options there are for having the app consume an API > service for the data. > I've built a proof-of-concept app to pull data from Yahoo's Local Search > database table using YQL. > This has a limit of 20 results and I believe has other usage limits. > The Google Local Search has been recently marked as deprecated and it only > returns 8 results anyway from my testing. > Both of these only allow searching based on a keyword vs specific category > selection. > > I am looking for a data source that will provide comprehensive results for > business categories (i.e. restaurants, etc) and provide info like: > > Longitude/Latitude > Name of business > Address > Category > Price Range > Hours of operation > > Does an API exist out there that allows more than 20 results and is fairly > comprehensive that is recommended? > > > Thanks, > > John > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org
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