Business location vs. Location

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    1. kake Top Contributor
      Oct 26, 2008
      kake says:

      Why doesn't the Business location type include the Location type?

      2. tsegaran Metaweb Staff
        Oct 27, 2008
        tsegaran says:

        The Business Location has a mailing address... unfortunately the client doesn't let you click through and view the mailing address as a separate object, but the "Mailing Address" type actually includes "Location".

        All Mailing addresses are automatically geocoded by a bot... this means that if you add a new business location and give it an address, that address will (eventually) have longitude and latitude added automatically.

        I have an example of my blog of using the geocoded addresses to build a map visualization:

        http://blog.kiwitobes.com/?p=65

      3. sprocketonline Top Contributor Freebase Experts
        Jan 11, 2009
        sprocketonline says:

        So, to clarify, you are saying that a bot will automatically add a 'Location' type, with the geolocation automatically filled in to the 'Business Location' type? (assuming the address property of 'shopping centre' is filled in correctly)

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