Find out what's open with WhatsOpen

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Find out what's open with WhatsOpen

by Brad Linder Jan 1st 2008

There are plenty of ways to find the nearest bar, coffee shop or book store. Mapquest, Google Maps, and Windows Live Maps all let you find and plot local businesses on a map. But none of those services let you know if a shop is actually open.

That's where WhatsOpen comes in. Just type in what you're looking for and where you're looking. For example, restaurants in San Francisco or coffee shops near Mountain View. WhatsOpen will bring up a Google Maps mashup with store information, phone numbers, and hours of operation. While WhatsOpen doesn't seem to include holiday hours, the site could come in handy if you're looking for a place to buy groceries in the middle of the night or if you have a sudden urge for coffee at 2am.

WhatsOpen recently launched a public demo that covers California. But you can also sign up for a beta account covering the US, China, and Europe.

[via VentureBeat]

Tags: business, google-maps, hours, mashup, whatsopen

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

CPP said 5:10PM on 2-25-2008

There seems to be several new local search engines out in Beta now offering the same type of service. GeoSpot.com is among them. While both seem similar, I prefer the look and feel of GeoSpot. GeoSpot search results tend to be of more relevance than the returns I get from whatsopen as well.
Whatsopen also will lock up your browser if you are using IE6.

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