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Foursquare Open Source Places: A new foundational dataset

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152 points po | 1 comments | 20 Nov 24 08:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
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TekMol ◴[20 Nov 24 10:19 UTC] No.42192475[source]▶
What is the motivation of Foursquare to open source their places data?
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1. Pikamander2 ◴[20 Nov 24 10:26 UTC] No.42192520[source]▶
Cynically, a desperate attempt at restoring its own relevance, which it hasn't had since 2011.

Not that I'm complaining; it's always nice to have more options.