Online location based services is a rapidly growing category. Many of these layer data onto maps to create new and useful tools and applications. Walk Score is a great example of this trend, and it also leverages the trend towards sustainable living and life practices. Description of Walk Score from the website:
We help homebuyers, renters, and real estate agents find houses and apartments in great neighborhoods. Walk Score shows you a map of what's nearby and calculates a Walk Score for any property. Buying a house in a walkable neighborhood is good for your health and good for the environment.
While Walk Score is currently focused on how a location relates to local services, over time they easily could add location relative to trails, bike paths, open spaces, etc.
From a small business perspective, Walk Score is another example of local information becoming increasingly available and useable. As the local web matures there will be increasing amounts of information on local small businesses and their products and services. Local business transparency will increase, and new opportunities for local marketing will emerge.
My walk score is 22… I was rather upset with it. And I was surprised to know that there is another score called drive score to evaluate my house. I found the way to calculate it online at Fizber site (http://drivescore.fizber.com/). I’ve got much better results – 44.
Posted by: Jerry (mouse) | December 14, 2007 at 08:05 AM