I'm working through a book that deals with MEAN applications... and in the book it deals with geo-spatial data and creates a Review for Businesses (Think: Yelp. Look for businesses close to a location then select, see reviews and add your own!!! SO EXCITING!!!).
The problem I'm having is the book doesn't really provide a good data set... or actual data at all - just a couple very short examples and how to create more.
Given a location - say a state: Delaware, California, Australia... or a central point on map... or a "BBOX"... what's the best place to get a set of data of:
Business Name
Address
Hours of Operation
Long
Lat
I can absolutely fudge missing parts (Hours of operation and other things not listed here that the app displays about the "Businesses") and I can massage the data into an input stream for the database - so I'm more concerned about the raw data as opposed to the format/output: I'd love to have a realistic data-set even if it is outdated - and those are the "core" parts of whats needed for the examples in the book.
OpenStreetMaps might have what i want, but the options are daunting and I can't seem to weed through the noise. Is what I want there and I'm just not seeing it? Or are there any other better data-sets - realistic if not "real" or "current".
(Note: I'm currently at work. I have a data-set at home that I can't seem to find here that has "vacation" type businesses - hotels, inns, etc that is "close" but not as expansive and inclusive as I'd like. I'll add a link to it if I can find it or when I get home)
PS: Link to book chapter, an example image of a "Review Page" I'm trying to finangle data for and a single data item:
location: {
name: 'Starcups',
address: '125 High Street, Reading, RG6 1PS',
rating: 3,
facilities: ['Hot drinks', 'Food', 'Premium wifi'],
coords: {lat: 51.455041, lng: -0.9690884},
openingTimes: [{
days: 'Monday - Friday',
opening: '7:00am',
closing: '7:00pm',
closed: false
},{
days: 'Saturday',
opening: '8:00am',
closing: '5:00pm',
closed: false
},{
days: 'Sunday',
closed: true
}],
reviews: [{
author: 'Simon Holmes',
rating: 5,
timestamp: '16 July 2013',
reviewText: 'What a great place. I can\'t say enough good things about it.'
},{
author: 'Charlie Chaplin',
rating: 3,
timestamp: '16 June 2013',
reviewText: 'It was okay. Coffee wasn\'t great, but the wifi was fast.'
}]
}
(First question here, so please re-tag, suggest edits and ask for clarifications)