---
"title": "Neighborhood Scouts"
"description": "Aerial mapping, database mash-ups, and other online scouts."
"date": "2007-07-31"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Susannah Fox"
    "job_title": "Former Researcher"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/susannah-fox/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/internet/2007/07/31/neighborhood-scouts/"
"categories":
  - "Emerging Technology"
  - "Online Search"
"tags":
  - "Web 2.0"
---

# Neighborhood Scouts

Kevin Delaney’s [Wall Street Journal article](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118584306224482891.html?mod=todays_us_nonsub_marketplace) about small businesses’ use of aerial mapping services reminded me of some other online tools that can be used on a computer, or increasingly, on a cellphone. Armchair scouts can check out how many [cafes](http://city.ask.com/city?msid=38096f7967e540e7e10429225d2e7c24&msuserid=286fbe7608d2a3fe041c05f0b4e31943) are near Dupont Circle or how much a [house](http://www.housefront.com/) might sell for in a certain neighborhood.