[TCMUG] Walk Score site

[Nancy Read]

This was in today's StP paper, Edina Realty is adding "Walk Score" to its
ratings of homes for sale.

http://www.walkscore.com/

 

Note that site uses Google's local search for nearby amenities, and thus has
those known issues with data accuracy.

(plus I note they are pulling in Grocery Stores but not Convenience Stores?)

You can see how Landmarks/Points of Interest are getting to be an ever more
important data source commercially.

 

Explanation of open source stack used to produce the Walk Score:

http://www.walkscore.com/rankings/ranking-methodology.shtml

(PostGIS, MapServer, .)

 

-NRead

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