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kmcurry / property-buddy

Discover useful data about a location
https://www.spotfax.us
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Connect to Google Places API #34

Open jamjohns opened 6 years ago

jamjohns commented 6 years ago

As a user I should be able to click a link on the results page to show a list of nearby places Google knows about.

kmcurry commented 6 years ago

Can you elaborate? What is a typical scenario?

jamjohns commented 6 years ago

I'm in a new neighborhood using the app to look at school zones, flooding, crime rates etc. A link opens a page that lists local places like restaurants, grocery stores, gas stations etc. that isn't part of the open data set. Maybe it could just load google maps and pass the location entered.

I think the Google Places API is going to be the solution to showing more information about the nearby locations like parks and libraries too.

kmcurry commented 6 years ago

I see the value of a convenient link to other info services like Google Places. I don't want to create views for other info services inside SpotFax.

jamjohns commented 6 years ago

How do you feel about supplying that info for locations found in the data set, like parks and libraries? #36

kmcurry commented 6 years ago

I feel confident that the core value is almost entirely information that can't be found elsewhere. #20 is one clear exception. I think there is more value in knowing #18 than in knowing the hours and address of the closest library.

kmcurry commented 5 years ago

Parks and libraries are being linked to Google Directions, but there's an issue on mobile that uses GMaps app by default for links.