A small 2-person team from Seattle has started a cool site called ShackPrices.com which uses 43 Places to give context to the places for sale. For example, for this loft condo near our office (a building I considered purchasing a unit from when I was looking a couple years ago… can’t beat the .5 blocks walk to work), you can see that Barca, Value Village, and The Stranger Offices are all nearby. It’s using lat/long data from 43 Places, and probably just a block too far from Caffe Vita for it to show our favorite coffee shop.
Unlike Zillow, they have more houses listed in western Washington because they have some kind of official broker status that Zillow doesn’t. Also, the way they pull information in from a bunch of different sites to get nearby businesses, parks, schools, and bus stops. Pretty awesome. If you are thinking of building something that would be improved with 43 Places data, check out our comprehensive api.
7 responses so far ↓
Gil Creque // December 19, 2006 at 11:23 am |
My favorite part is how King County Detention Center is listed under public schools.
Buster McLeod // December 19, 2006 at 2:16 pm |
It’s uncannily honest and accurate!
Galen // December 19, 2006 at 2:48 pm |
Hey, they teach people there, therefore it’s a school.
We’re improving our schools dataset as I type, so even though it’s a place of learning, the King County Detention Center probably won’t be a nearby school “feature” for long.
yakuza // December 20, 2006 at 7:10 pm |
Looks great! How cool that others are using the API!
Maybe I can find a place in Seattle…
pilan // December 29, 2006 at 3:45 pm |
can someone please please help me or direct this post to the right person.
I joined 43places and cannot log in. Where it asks for my name and login I input my user name and password and it just clears the fields in the log in box. It never goes to the page I am trying to look at.
Help please
Thank you
pilan // December 29, 2006 at 3:47 pm |
can someone please please help me or direct this post to the right person.
I joined 43places and cannot log in. Where it asks for my name and login I input my user name and password and it just clears the fields in the log in box. It never goes to the page I am trying to look at.
Help please. Its actually 43things
Thank you
Daniel // December 30, 2006 at 8:10 am |
Hi Pilan — what is your username on 43T? Please email us at [email protected] and we’ll help you out. Thanks.