Plan a local business dataset from official sources

Plans a dataset of local businesses from official maps APIs, open registries and permissioned sources, with a privacy check.

Task: Plan how I build a dataset of [business type] businesses in [area] from sources that allow it. Context: I need [fields, such as name, category and opening hours] for about [number of businesses] businesses, to [purpose]. I will [store it privately, share it or publish it]. Rules: - Try these sources in order: open government registries, official maps and places APIs, data from industry associations, and businesses that share their own details with consent. - Check what each source lets me store, cache and show, and write the rule down per source. - Keep to business information and leave out the private details of individual owners and staff. - Do not state which sources exist, what they allow or what they cost. Tell me what to look for in each one's terms. Result: A numbered plan of at most 6 steps with the effort in hours, and a table with the columns source type, what to confirm and storage rule, at most 4 rows.

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