maps a location (latitude/longitude) to the nearest, most interesting venue.
Given a lat/long, I want to know what the most interesting venue nearby is.
So, instead of saying that you're near 1000 W 6th, it says you're near "Rounders" or "Infochimps HQ" -- sorted by some score that takes into a tasteful combination of interesting and proximity.
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AdminDennis Yang
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Another thing to note that a "major intersection" can also be considered a "interesting place"...
So.. given a lat/long, we could return: "8th & Howard" as something interesting as well...
Of course, we would need to figure out how to weight a given venue like "Chevron" versus the intersection..
For example.. if i'm standing at the corner of 8th and howard:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=37.775858,-122.411578&spn=0.002442,0.0042&z=18"Compassionate Health Options" would be the closest *business* -- but, "8th & Howard" would be more descriptive of where I am...
