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   "label": "Wikimedia Commons photos within 500 m",
   "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=nearcoord%3A500m%2C33.3952%2C-86.9725&ns6=1",
   "why": "a Commons geo-search around the point; licences vary by file",
   "from": "site.lat/lon",
   "rel": "noopener"
  },
  {
   "group": "reference",
   "label": "Retrofitting Suburbia (book site)",
   "url": "https://www.retrofittingsuburbia.com/",
   "why": "Ellen Dunham-Jones and June Williamson's book and case studies, the research this database is built on",
   "from": "constant",
   "rel": "noopener"
  },
  {
   "group": "place",
   "label": "Google Maps",
   "url": "https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=33.3952%2C-86.9725",
   "why": "the point on Google Maps",
   "from": "site.lat/lon",
   "rel": "noopener"
  },
  {
   "group": "place",
   "label": "Street View",
   "url": "https://www.google.com/maps/@?api=1&map_action=pano&viewpoint=33.3952%2C-86.9725",
   "why": "the nearest Street View panorama",
   "from": "site.lat/lon",
   "rel": "noopener"
  },
  {
   "group": "place",
   "label": "Bing Maps",
   "url": "https://www.bing.com/maps?cp=33.3952~-86.9725&lvl=17",
   "why": "the point on Bing Maps (Bird's eye where available)",
   "from": "site.lat/lon",
   "rel": "noopener"
  },
  {
   "group": "place",
   "label": "Apple Maps",
   "url": "https://maps.apple.com/?ll=33.3952,-86.9725&z=17&q=The%20Mall%20at%20Westlake",
   "why": "the point on Apple Maps",
   "from": "site.lat/lon",
   "rel": "noopener"
  },
  {
   "group": "place",
   "label": "OpenStreetMap",
   "url": "https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=33.3952&mlon=-86.9725#map=17/33.3952/-86.9725",
   "why": "the point on OpenStreetMap",
   "from": "site.lat/lon",
   "rel": "noopener"
  },
  {
   "group": "place",
   "label": "Walk Score at this point",
   "url": "https://www.walkscore.com/score/loc/lat=33.3952/lng=-86.9725",
   "why": "Walk Score's walkability, transit and bike scores for the coordinates",
   "from": "site.lat/lon",
   "rel": "noopener nofollow"
  },
  {
   "group": "place",
   "label": "Transitland map",
   "url": "https://www.transit.land/map#17/33.3952/-86.9725",
   "why": "transit routes and stops from open GTFS feeds around the point",
   "from": "site.lat/lon",
   "rel": "noopener"
  },
  {
   "group": "place",
   "label": "USGS National Map",
   "url": "https://apps.nationalmap.gov/viewer/?center=-86.9725,33.3952&zoom=16",
   "why": "topographic and elevation layers from the USGS",
   "from": "site.lat/lon",
   "rel": "noopener"
  },
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   "group": "market",
   "label": "LoopNet: for sale in Bessemer, AL",
   "url": "https://www.loopnet.com/search/commercial-real-estate/bessemer-al/for-sale/",
   "why": "LoopNet's city search (checked in a browser 21 Oct 2026); the site itself may or may not be listed",
   "from": "site.city + state \u2192 search",
   "rel": "noopener nofollow sponsored"
  },
  {
   "group": "market",
   "label": "The site's own website",
   "url": "http://www.bestechgroup.com/",
   "why": "the website Overture Maps records for the place at this point; checked alive when retrieved",
   "from": "web_presence.website",
   "rel": "noopener nofollow sponsored"
  },
  {
   "group": "news",
   "label": "Google News: \u201cThe Mall at Westlake\u201d",
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   "from": "site.name + city \u2192 search",
   "rel": "noopener nofollow"
  },
  {
   "group": "news",
   "label": "Bing News: \u201cThe Mall at Westlake\u201d",
   "url": "https://www.bing.com/news/search?q=%22The+Mall+at+Westlake%22+Bessemer",
   "why": "news search for the site name and city",
   "from": "site.name + city \u2192 search",
   "rel": "noopener nofollow"
  },
  {
   "group": "planning",
   "label": "Bessemer, Alabama on Wikipedia",
   "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessemer,_Alabama",
   "why": "the city or town's article: government, history, demographics",
   "from": "city_wikipedia.json (Wikipedia API)",
   "rel": "noopener"
  }
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}