Wolfram|Alpha Can Now Find Places

Wolfram|Alpha has updated its answer engine to help you find places, according to announcement made on their blog.

Wolfram|Alpha now knows the locations of some 2.4 million retail establishments for 1,300 major chains in 220 different categories-gas stations, restaurants, department stores, and much more. It also knows the typical business hours for roughly one third of those locations

It's important to note that right now we only have information on retail chains, so independent retailers or restaurants won't show up for your queries. And this first dataset is heavily weighted toward the United States and US-based chains. But we'll be adding more locations of all types and beefing up our international coverage in the near future.


Sample Questions:
● the nearest Walgreens
● the Avis nearest to the Golden Gate Bridge
● a Starbucks open at 10pm in Pittsburgh
● or even the Chipotle nearest to Grand Central Station open at 9pm

You can purchase WolframAlpha from the App Store for $2.99, visit the website, or ask a question via Siri.

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