Evolving FSQ Open Source Places
Foursquare has transitioned its OS Places dataset to a new portal to enhance community engagement and data improvement. The dataset has seen significant growth in usage and contributions, with millions of edits proposed by users. This evolution aims to connect dataset consumers with the opportunity to contribute, fostering a cycle of better data and applications.
- ▪The OS Places dataset is now accessed through a new Places portal, allowing users to register and retrieve data.
- ▪Monthly downloads of the dataset have increased to over 3000 on HuggingFace, with more than 250k queries executed on Snowflake.
- ▪The Placemaker community has proposed over 27 million edits in the past year, demonstrating the effectiveness of community-driven data maintenance.
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Resources / Blog / Data Evolving FSQ Open Source Places October 8, 2025 by Vikram Gundeti In November 2024, we took a bold step in open-sourcing our Places dataset with a hypothesis that a community driven approach is the only way to create a sustainable and robust places dataset that can serve the needs of diverse problem domains. Our thesis has been validated with the tremendous progress we have been able to make in improving this open dataset since its inception. Increased adoption: Our S3 listing is downloaded from more than 5000 unique IPs every month, a steady increase from 500 unique IPs when we first launched. More than 250k queries are executed on our Snowflake listing every month. And we have 3000+ monthly downloads of our dataset on HuggingFace.
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