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Show HN: Seattle Startup Map

35 points by zacharycohn 15y ago

jinushaun 15y ago
Being from Seattle, it always puts a smile on my face knowing that ICanHazCheeseburger is a Seattle company. This visualisation needs a list view as well. Map view is a bit cumbersome to view.
- zacharycohn 15y ago
  The list view is just where I scraped the data from, http://www.seattle20.com/startups.aspx http://www.seattle20.com/startups.aspx.
- Fluxx 15y ago
  Our servers are in the same data center as theirs, and it's always weird to see their stuff in the rack. I just imagine all the LOLCats surging through their servers and giggle.
aaronbrethorst 15y ago
Very cool, but some of the data is incorrect. You list TeachStreet as being in Madrona, but their website says that their address is actually 2101 9th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121. Also, Seomoz has moved off the Hill and down to somewhere around Pike's Place Market, I believe.
- zacharycohn 15y ago
  Yeah, I guess Switchboard takes a while to update their data. Do you have any suggestions for better ways to grab addresses? The other idea I had (maybe version 2?) is to find the websites for all the companies, and then scrape their front page for "Seattle, WA (five numbers)" and then try to grab the address out of that. I might start playing with something like that later tonight.
  - aaronbrethorst 15y ago
    Not especially. Maybe you could try the Google Maps APIs instead. Querying Google Maps produces what I think is the right address for SEOmoz: http://www.google.com/maps?q=seomoz+seattle+wa&hl=en&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=80.692593,191.162109&vpsrc=0&t=m&z=14&iwloc=A http://www.google.com/maps?q=seomoz+seattle+wa&hl=en&#38...
motter 15y ago
The Crunchbase API is a good starting point for those wishing to create maps of other cities: http://groups.google.com/group/crunchbase-api/web/api-v1-documentation http://groups.google.com/group/crunchbase-api/web/api-v1-doc...
civilian 15y ago
"Jackson Fish Market" doesn't sound like a startup. Otherwise, AWESOME. I walk by a ton of these everyday.
- zach 15y ago
  And yet see for yourself: http://www.jacksonfish.com/ http://www.jacksonfish.com/ They're the developers of A Story Before Bed, which was the subject of a previous Show HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=917235 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=917235 Reminds me of a company here in LA, the Kowloon Wholesale Seafood Company. Despite the name, it's actually a Santa Monica ad agency run by Dick Sittig, the mind and voice behind Jack In The Box's ads. Maybe there's just something about fishmongers.
  - nieve 15y ago
    I don't know if it's a fish thing, but it's a semi-popular bit of randomness in Seattle - we've also got an ad agency named the "Wexley School for Girls".

35 points by zacharycohn 15y ago

Being from Seattle, it always puts a smile on my face knowing that ICanHazCheeseburger is a Seattle company. This visualisation needs a list view as well. Map view is a bit cumbersome to view.

zacharycohn 15y ago
The list view is just where I scraped the data from, http://www.seattle20.com/startups.aspx http://www.seattle20.com/startups.aspx.
Fluxx 15y ago
Our servers are in the same data center as theirs, and it's always weird to see their stuff in the rack. I just imagine all the LOLCats surging through their servers and giggle.

aaronbrethorst 15y ago

Very cool, but some of the data is incorrect. You list TeachStreet as being in Madrona, but their website says that their address is actually 2101 9th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121. Also, Seomoz has moved off the Hill and down to somewhere around Pike's Place Market, I believe.

zacharycohn 15y ago
Yeah, I guess Switchboard takes a while to update their data. Do you have any suggestions for better ways to grab addresses? The other idea I had (maybe version 2?) is to find the websites for all the companies, and then scrape their front page for "Seattle, WA (five numbers)" and then try to grab the address out of that. I might start playing with something like that later tonight.
- aaronbrethorst 15y ago
  Not especially. Maybe you could try the Google Maps APIs instead. Querying Google Maps produces what I think is the right address for SEOmoz: http://www.google.com/maps?q=seomoz+seattle+wa&hl=en&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=80.692593,191.162109&vpsrc=0&t=m&z=14&iwloc=A http://www.google.com/maps?q=seomoz+seattle+wa&hl=en&#38...

motter 15y ago

The Crunchbase API is a good starting point for those wishing to create maps of other cities: http://groups.google.com/group/crunchbase-api/web/api-v1-documentation http://groups.google.com/group/crunchbase-api/web/api-v1-doc...

civilian 15y ago

"Jackson Fish Market" doesn't sound like a startup. Otherwise, AWESOME. I walk by a ton of these everyday.

zach 15y ago
And yet see for yourself: http://www.jacksonfish.com/ http://www.jacksonfish.com/ They're the developers of A Story Before Bed, which was the subject of a previous Show HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=917235 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=917235 Reminds me of a company here in LA, the Kowloon Wholesale Seafood Company. Despite the name, it's actually a Santa Monica ad agency run by Dick Sittig, the mind and voice behind Jack In The Box's ads. Maybe there's just something about fishmongers.
- nieve 15y ago
  I don't know if it's a fish thing, but it's a semi-popular bit of randomness in Seattle - we've also got an ad agency named the "Wexley School for Girls".