WEBSCRAPING YOUR WAY TO THAI FOOD: A PRACTICAL EXAMPLE

I am an absolute fan of Thai food. On my last trip to Singapore, I was bogged down by the variety of food choices and restaurants Singapore had to offer. So I did struggle to locate the neighborhood which could offer me a variety of Thai restaurants to choose from.

This is one practical example of how web scraping can provide enormous insights to individuals and businesses. I indeed web scraped the names of different neighborhoods in Singapore, geocoded them, and obtained the geolocations of Thai restaurants.

Here is a tiny demonstration of the outcomes of my Singapore web scraping exercise:

And yes, you do get to find out the name of the neighborhood where you can find the greatest number of Thai restaurants in Singapore. Please let me have your thoughts on web scraping and what you think it can do for you (or even Thai food!!)