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How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it

Lauren Leek · · via Lauren's data Substack · data society

Google Maps is not a directory, it’s a market maker. A lot of interesting findings in this one, including that Google Maps is surprisingly bad at categorising cuisines and restaurants (I’ve seen this as well in Taiwan), as well as the author’s own algorithm for finding underrated gems (and avoiding overrated restaurants) in London.