MVP "Geolocalized Open Data", done! Now, time to improve it with your suggestions

Website : https://www.thedatapond.net
Demo : https://www.thedatapond.net/demo

🧱 Genesis

A few month ago, I was looking for a way to get a list of restaurants in a given city, in a specific area. I needed a list of addresses (and phone numbers if possible). After extensive research, I found nothing satisfactory.

So, I tried to get this information from Google Maps and Foursquare until I read their terms of service. Obviously, data from services such as Google Maps or Foursquare can not be used extracted. For example, the Google Maps Terms of Service (3.2.4) states "Customer will not extract, export, scrape, or cache Google Maps Content for use outside the Services".

Then, I tried OpenStreetMaps and found what I was looking for: a list that could be used without constraints. However, it is quite difficult to define a specific area and to extract these data. That's when I decided to create a tool to automate the process.

At first it was only for me, and after some time and more free time I decided to create a website around and start a new project: www.thedatapond.net. I'm not sure yet, but people may be interested in this type of service. Tell me what you think in the comments. Good idea, bad idea?

🕹️ How it works ?

If you want to get data from the map, the procedure is pretty simple :

• 🗺️ draw a geographic zone on the map
• 🧩 define your parameters (categories, keywords...)
• 🗃️ and you get a list of names, addresses, websites, telephone numbers... which you can download in CSV format.

The data you get are not as rich as data from services like Google Maps or Foursquare but, at least, it is legal to use them (ODC Open Database License ).

💸 Pricing strategy

To be honest, I wasn't really thinking about a pricing strategy. And I still don't really know what to do. First idea : when someone registers he gets 50 credits (50 locations details). And, if he needs more, he can buy credits (1000, 2000, 5000...). I chose a low price according to what I can see on other services but if you think it's still to much or it won't work like this, I can change it.
For IH, I've created a 100 credits "welcome code" : IH-TDP. You can register here : https://www.thedatapond.net/register

🌱 Next...

• What do do you think about the design, the layout ?
• What should we add, remove ?
• Do we need to work right away on the SEO, which SEO priority ?
• What is the minimum required before trying to get visitors / subscribers ?

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