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Just curious, how do you collect the hours from the businesses you are displaying? Do you use an API to consume this data, or is it manually entered? I bet an
by jmtame 17y ago
Just curious, how do you collect the hours from the businesses you are displaying? Do you use an API to consume this data, or is it manually entered?
I bet an algorithm could be built (assuming enough data is flowing) where it automatically adjusts the hours based on when people are checking in. To go along with that, it would show the busiest times, or the "rush hours" based on the density of check-ins at any given time. That's pretty far out there, but with enough traffic flow, you could make predictions and you wouldn't rely on anyone else for that data. You could go further to say "There's a good chance this business is closed because nobody checked in today, and usually there are check-ins."
If you plugged in a calendar, your phone could recommend where to go and when to go to avoid lines. It's like you don't even need to think anymore at that point, just obey the orders your phone gives you.
- rubyrescue 17y agowe scraped a huge amount of data, then hired people to clean it up. it does scale better down in south america where wages are quite a bit cheaper but it doesn't scale enough. i would say the difference is i can hire someone here to do some data gathering and quality control on-site whereas i'd have to outsource to mturk and get lower quality if we were based in the states. however, since we're converging on a model that's slightly further toward the 'curated' side of the spectrum than a loopt/gowalla/nextstop, i think we're OK with doing some manual editing of things like open hours, and leaving the rest to the community - all of our community editing pieces aren't out yet (we all still have full-time jobs and/or ambitious clients)... I love the check-in statistical analysis concept for data generation or at least quality control. very cool for higher volume locations.