The comprehensive, industry-leading approach to building accurate and reliable Places data — For years, Foursquare has been at the forefront of providing accurate and reliable location data. And today, our Places product is the leading independent location-based platform, a position we sustain by creating, maintaining and refreshing a massive global dataset of over 200M POI. FSQ Places by the numbers

Whether on land or in the air, fleet visualization is the practice of studying and replaying the movement patterns of entire fleets. It is a powerful analytic tool, allowing viewers to accurately identify congestion, understand incidents, and optimize overall fleet efficiency.

Geolocation technologies are evolving at an increasingly swift pace, driven by an uptick in spatial data and analytical tool usage. In fact, the spatial data and analytics market is expected to grow to $119.9B by 2027. As geolocation usage expands, so do the adjacent technologies that are both benefiting from…

Learn how Foursquare is making it easier than ever for organizations to access location data whenever and however they need it. — Location is a common lens through which we view and understand the world around us. Opening a new store, managing a supply chain, making an investment decision, connecting with a customer in the right place and time — all of these situations are informed by the context of location. …

Learn how companies are gaining a competitive edge by using robust location data to fuel recommendation engines — Personalization is so embedded in our culture that 71% of consumers now expect it, according to McKinsey research. For companies who get it right, personalization can become an extremely valuable tool. …

Good news for customers! Foursquare has applied our Geosummarizer model to our US POI. Back in January, Foursquare released a new Geosummarizer model for a small subset of countries (CA, CH, ES, GB, JP, NL). The improved model resulted in an increase in the accuracy of the geocodes for POI…

Organizations across nearly every industry can benefit from a deeper understanding of places and the movement between them. Questions around location intelligence pop up on a daily basis because decisions around things like staffing, supply-chain optimization and site selection are all deeply linked with movement trends. However, many companies shy…

New technology will transform how business value is extracted from movement data — Only 26% of data strategy leaders today say that their organizations are leveraging location intelligence to its full potential, according to Forrester research. Why do so many businesses struggle to derive value and actionable insights from location intelligence? Perhaps it’s because analyzing location data has historically required companies to maintain…

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