Explored Google Maps API for Business Ideation

• Day: 2025-08-25
• Time: 21:30 to 22:00
• Project: Business
• Workspace: WP 1: Strategic / Growth & Development
• Status: In Progress
• Priority: MEDIUM
• Assignee: Matías Nehuen Iglesias
• Tags: Google Maps Api, Business Ideation, Places Api, Python, Web Scraping

Description

Session Goal

The session aimed to explore business ideas leveraging location and crowd data through the Google Maps/Places API, focusing on product development around crowd avoidance.

Key Activities

• Exploration of Business Ideation: Investigated how location and crowd data can be utilized for business opportunities, particularly in the context of crowd avoidance.
• Analysis of Places API Integration: Reviewed progress and challenges in integrating the Places API, including data wrangling and querying for nightlife in Buenos Aires.
• Lessons from v1 Places API Development: Gained insights into OAuth 2.0, API request patterns, and debugging workflows.
• Shell Scripting with find Command: Learned to filter files by date using the find command in Linux/Unix environments.
• Google Places API Scraper Module: Developed a production-ready Python module for scraping the Google Places API, including features like pagination and CSV export.

Achievements

• Clarified strategic considerations for building a product around crowd avoidance using Google Maps data.
• Developed a robust Python CLI wrapper for Google Places API v1, enhancing API integration capabilities.

Pending Tasks

• Further refine the business model and identify specific use cases for crowd avoidance products.
• Continue debugging and optimizing API request patterns for improved performance.

Evidence

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