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.