The Data Pond
Extract Geolocalized Open Data places details
We launched www.thedatapond.net last week.
So far :
Website
- users : 121
- page views : 521
- conversion : 0
Newsletter
- new subscribers : 1
- unsubscribed : 0
IH articles
📝 An idea and a MVP, is it worth to continue?
- Comments : 19
- Views : 806
📝 Need help finding keywords and sectors related to the project
- Comments : 1
- Views : 19
📝 Is the description on the landing page clear enough to figure out what the site does ?
- Comments : 4
- Views : 62
To-do list
- create case studies to put on the homepage
- improve the design
- ask for help and opinion on IH
- add features
- contact people
Website : https://www.thedatapond.net
Demo : https://www.thedatapond.net/demo
Last week we launched www.thedatapond.net and published our first post on IH (here).
Feedback has been positive so far. The idea seems to be good.
Now we need to focus on the landing page. What do you think about it ?
is the description clear enough to figure out what the site does ?
is there better descriptions ? better keywords ?
is SEO satisfactory ? what can we improve ?
We have difficulties :
creating a list of keywords we could use to describe the project and could use for research
clearly define the sectors to target / the niche
We don't know much about marketing, so any help would help us learn faster.
If you find typo or grammatical errors, please, tell us. English is not our mother tongue.
Thanks
This week we launched www.thedatapond.net and published our first post on IH (here).
Feedback has been positive so far. Maybe we can do something interesting with this project.
But we have difficulties creating a list of keywords we could use to describe the project and to use for research, and to clearly define the sectors to target.
We don't know much about marketing, so any help would make us learn faster.
https://www.indiehackers.com/post/an-idea-and-a-mvp-is-it-worth-to-continue-d21bd21898
Maybe a new project : 📍 "Geolocalized Open Data" - www.thedatapond.net
🧱 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 with more free time, I decided to create a website 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
The website is not completely finished, there are still 1000 things to do: design, typo, features, improve lists... but the idea is to continue development based on comments or requests from users.
If the feedback is positive, I'll see if it's a good idea to spend some time on this project and push it to the next level 🚀 : SEO, Product Hunt, Hacker News, Reddit, ads... starting with a new post in the IH forum "Landing Page Feedback" to talk about the design and the MVP.
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It took a while, but I'm finally done building the minimum viable product for The Data Pond. I coded the whole thing in PHP.
Next steps :
- seek advice on content
- start talking to IHackers
- see what people think of the product so far
- check what needs improvement
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