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> My recent favorite feature is the live estimation of how crowded a store is, very useful during the pandemic. Unfortunately it's been completely useless in m
by faitswulff 6y ago
> My recent favorite feature is the live estimation of how crowded a store is, very useful during the pandemic.
Unfortunately it's been completely useless in my area. I wish stores just allowed access to the cctv cameras on their parking lots so I could estimate for myself.
- uptown 6y agoThat’s valuable data for sale by other vendors.
- faitswulff 6y agoWhat vendors are in this business?
- uptown 6y agoFoursquare, but not with parking lot data, to my knowledge: https://www.cbinsights.com/research/alternative-data-future-of-investing/ https://www.cbinsights.com/research/alternative-data-future-... Satellite image companies sell this type of alternative data to buyers: https://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/how-hedge-funds-use-satellite-images-to-beat-wall-street-and-main-street/ https://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/how-hedge-funds-use-satel... https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/05/stock-value-satellite-images-investing/586009/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/05/stock-v... Some of the vendors are RS Metrics, Descartes Labs and Orbital Insight.
- faitswulff 6y agoUnfortunate that none of these, even when purchased, would be a substitute for actually looking at the parking lot in real time.