{
  "id": 21763,
  "title": "Lat-long geo coordinates",
  "url": "/competitions/grupo-bimbo-inventory-demand/discussion/21763",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2016-06-18T12:21:31.320Z",
  "votes": null,
  "comment_count": 3,
  "views": 764,
  "content": "<p>Given the nature of geo coordinates for cities (publicly available and easy to access), I was wondering if Kaggle Admins might consider allowing the use of them in this competition.</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "124428",
      "postDate": "06/18/2016 12:21:31",
      "content": "<p>Given the nature of geo coordinates for cities (publicly available and easy to access), I was wondering if Kaggle Admins might consider allowing the use of them in this competition.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Given the nature of geo coordinates for cities (publicly available and easy to access), I was wondering if Kaggle Admins might consider allowing the use of them in this competition.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "124436",
      "postDate": "06/18/2016 14:29:01",
      "content": "<p>You can construct city-level instruments from the data provided that are highly correlated with lat/lon and verify them by looking at maps of the instruments on google images ;)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "You can construct city-level instruments from the data provided that are highly correlated with lat/lon and verify them by looking at maps of the instruments on google images ;)",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "124498",
      "postDate": "06/19/2016 12:07:01",
      "content": "<p>If I understand correctly, you're suggesting the creation of some derived features. I don't believe I understand how I'd use Google images though.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "If I understand correctly, you're suggesting the creation of some derived features. I don't believe I understand how I'd use Google images though.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "129593",
      "postDate": "07/31/2016 17:57:42",
      "content": "<p>Could we then use lat/lon to include demographic data as features?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Could we then use lat/lon to include demographic data as features?",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 124436,
      "author_name": "theoldfather",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/18/2016 14:29:01",
      "content": "<p>You can construct city-level instruments from the data provided that are highly correlated with lat/lon and verify them by looking at maps of the instruments on google images ;)</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 124498,
      "author_name": "brianbien",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "06/19/2016 12:07:01",
      "content": "<p>If I understand correctly, you're suggesting the creation of some derived features. I don't believe I understand how I'd use Google images though.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 129593,
      "author_name": "alexteutli",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "07/31/2016 17:57:42",
      "content": "<p>Could we then use lat/lon to include demographic data as features?</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
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    "124428": "Given the nature of geo coordinates for cities (publicly available and easy to access), I was wondering if Kaggle Admins might consider allowing the use of them in this competition.",
    "124436": "You can construct city-level instruments from the data provided that are highly correlated with lat/lon and verify them by looking at maps of the instruments on google images ;)",
    "124498": "If I understand correctly, you're suggesting the creation of some derived features. I don't believe I understand how I'd use Google images though.",
    "129593": "Could we then use lat/lon to include demographic data as features?"
  },
  "source": "meta"
}