Business Directory

[anoxic]

I would like to be able to compile the business directory from a "database", in part because manually formatting them all as html and in part because I want to be able to add "extended" information such as hours without a lot of hassle. I propose this process:

1. Start with an initial list from other sources
2. Process that into our "database"
3. Use a script to format these into html, alphabetically and by category
4. Over time, call/visit each business to make sure the information is correct, and to gather missing information like hours

The "database" would really be a bunch of files in a "businesses" folder, roughly in the format of an "ini", since it's easy to deal with (or even parse manually) from a number of languages. My favorite way to "parse" one would be running . business/$NAME.ini from a loop in sh.

name=
address=
category=
phone=
hours=

Once we've got all of the information together, I would also like to make sure the businesses are added to the various online maps services.

• https://mapsconnect.apple.com
• https://support.google.com/maps/answer/6320846
• https://www.yelp-support.com/article/How-do-I-add-a-business-to-Yelp?l=en_US

[jaywilliams]

Sounds like like a nice, simple solution.