[walterbell]

Thanks.

> Foursquare and Overture places are like many geolocation-centric datasets: users aren’t supposed to ever see the raw data, either in a list or on the map. You have to filter by a confidence score. Otherwise, you’ll get tons of user-generated junk – pranks, mistakes, etc.. In the past, Foursquare would charge big bucks for the confidence scores as an upsell. If these scores aren’t part of the dataset, then no wonder the company feels comfortable releasing the data.