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Mapchat: Exploring AI-Powered Conversations with Local Businesses

Mapchat is a new interactive map that enables users to chat with AI-powered chatbots connected to businesses in their local area.

Simply zoom in on a location on Mapchat, press the 'Search Map' button, and markers will appear, pinpointing local businesses. Then, by clicking on any of these markers, you can initiate a conversation with an AI chatbot representing the business.

Why Chat with a Local Business Chatbot?

When I first encountered Mapchat, my immediate thought was: why? Why would I want to chat with an AI chatbot for a local business? However, on further reflection, I realized that if the AI chatbot could provide accurate and relevant answers, it could be an incredibly useful tool for addressing customer queries.

According to the introductory blog post from Every AI, Introducing Map-Chats: A New Era of Global Conversations with Businesses, Powered by Every AI, Mapchat allows "users to connect to businesses in real-time, interact with AI-powered chatbots, and get personalized, efficient responses - no matter the time zone or language barrier."

This makes a lot of sense. Using Mapchat, customers should be able to find useful information tailored to their shopping needs. To test this, I decided to try chatting with the AI chatbot of my local Sainsbury's supermarket. Here's how it went:

Me: 'Are you open?'

Mapchat AI: 'I am available and ready to respond to your questions 24/7, as long as our system is functioning properly! If you have any questions about Cookie Settings or any other topic, feel free to ask, and I'll do my best to provide a helpful response.'

Me: 'No, are you open for me to come and shop?'

Mapchat AI: 'I'm afraid I won't be able to facilitate physical transactions or have a storefront. However, I can assist you with ... guidance on managing your cookie settings if needed.'

Me: 'Do you have gochujang in stock?'

Mapchat AI: 'Unfortunately, our database doesn't seem to have any direct information about your store's inventory or products, including whether or not you carry gochujang.'

At that point I gave up.

My experience improved significantly when I tried a smaller business, a local bakery named Signorelli.

Me: 'What is your menu?'

Mapchat AI: 'Welcome to Signorelli! Our menu is a reflection of our passion for Italian-inspired baking and delicious food. Here are some highlights: (followed by a long list of cakes and breads on sale)'

Me: 'Do you sell gluten free bread?'

Mapchat AI: 'Yes, we do offer gluten-free options at Signorelli. While our traditional Italian-inspired baked goods are made with yeast and contain wheat flour, we also have a variety of gluten-free alternatives available. Would you like me to recommend some specific gluten-free bread options from our menu?'

Based on my limited testing, Mapchat can be very helpful - at times. However, at other times, its responses can be unhelpful and / or irrelevant.

Use Map Labels!

My main criticism of Mapchat isn't the occasional irrelevant response - the Mapchat AI can and should improve with time. Instead, what I find most frustrating is Mapchat's reliance on unlabelled markers to show the locations of businesses, rather than using map labels with their actual names.

The lack of labels forces users to either know the precise location of a business beforehand or waste time clicking on every marker until they find what they’re looking for. Adding filtering options (e.g., restaurants, grocery stores, clothing retailers) would also significantly enhance usability, making it easier to search for specific types of businesses.

The U.S. Supermarket Wars

According to the Washington Post, "Walmart, Kroger, Aldi (Süd) and Albertsons own a third of all U.S. grocery stores locations." But who is winning the supermarket wars in your area?

Hot on the heels of Japan's ConbiniWars interactive map, the Post has divided the United States based on which supermarket chain owns the most stores in each county. Whereas the ConbiniWars map used a Voronoi layer to divide Japan based on the closest Konbini brand, the Post's Grocery Chains are Bigger than Ever map uses a form of choropleth layer to show which supermarket chains own the most stores in each county.

The Post's map lays bare the territorial dominance of Walmart, which has established a stronghold across much of the central United States. However, in the Northwest, Albertson's continues to mount a fierce defense, holding onto a fortified position in the face of Walmart's expansion. Meanwhile, Kroger has dug in deep, fortifying its lines throughout the mountain states, creating a well-defended bastion in this strategic region. Across other parts of the country, smaller chains are staging localized resistance, strategically counterattacking and holding their ground against Walmart's relentless march of conquest. 

If you want to see who is winning the supermarket war in your area, you can type in your address, and the Post will tell you the number of stores in your county and the share of those stores owned by each supermarket chain. The Post's supermarket data was derived from OpenStreetMap.

Konbini Wars

Imagine being able to walk down any street and being only minutes away from your next snack, a freshly brewed coffee, or even a place to pay your bills. This is the magic of konbini - Japan's beloved convenience stores that have become an integral part of Japanese daily life.

In Japan, you don’t have to travel very far before encountering a konbini convenience store. These compact stores are renowned for their ability to provide an impressive variety of high-quality goods and services, despite their small size. Popular chains like 7-Eleven, Lawson, and FamilyMart are practically everywhere, offering unparalleled convenience at every corner.

The major chains like 7-Eleven, Lawson, and FamilyMart, are ubiquitous across the country; however, certain chains may have a stronger presence in specific regions due to historical, business, or geographic reasons. In addition to the big three (7-Eleven, Lawson, and FamilyMart), some smaller or more regional konbini chains operate in specific areas. While they may not be as common nationally, they are often beloved in their local areas. For example, the Seicomart chain is located mainly in Hokkaido and is well known for its local products.

If you are curious to see who’s winning the battle for Japan’s streets you can now discover which Konbini chains dominate which territory in Japan using the ConbiniWars interactive map. At the heart of the map are the locations of nearly 55,000 konbini stores across the whole of Japan. When zoomed out on the map, a choropleth overlay shows the konbini chain with the most stores in each prefecture. Zoom in on the map, and a voronoi layer appears that partitions the whole of the country based on the closest konbini chain.

The Best Price Comparison Maps

 The Aldi Price Map

The Aldi Price Map shows the store price ticket of a range of products in US outlets of the popular budget supermarket (apparently the price data from European Aldi stores is not so readily accessible). 

The German supermarket chain Aldi is known for its low prices. The company now has over 2,000 stores in the United States, and in a recent poll was ranked the most popular grocery store in the country. Using the Aldi Price Map's drop-down menu you can select from a range of popular grocery products to view the current price of the product in Aldi stores across the United States. "Store pricing may change without notice and may differ from the information provided on this site".

The Big Mac Index

The Economist's Big Mac Index compares the purchasing power parity (PPP) between the currencies of different countries by examining the price of a Big Mac hamburger sold at McDonalds' restaurants in each country. The Index "is based on the theory of purchasing-power parity (PPP), the notion that in the long run exchange rates should move towards the rate that would equalise the prices of an identical basket of goods and services (in this case, a burger) in any two countries". 

It can also be used to find out the price of a Big Mac in countries around the world. 

The McCheapest Map by Pantry & Larder tracks and maps the cost of a Big Mac at every McDonalds in the United States. On this map every McDonalds' outlet is represented by a dot which is colored to show the cost of a Big Mac (green=cheaper and red=more expensive). The map can therefore be used to explore the purchasing power parity of the dollar in different areas of the United States. It can also show you where you can buy the cheapest Big Mac.

Wetherspoons

Pantry and Larder have also created a number of other popular price comparison maps. For example in the UK their How Cheap's Your Local 'Spoons map allows you to compare the prices of a huge number of alcoholic drinks in Wetherspoon pubs through the United Kingdom.

Another popular price comparison map from Pantry and Larder is Eggspensive, which compares the cost of a dozen eggs at every US Walmart.

Gas

Maps showing the price of a gallon of gas at local gas stations were once very popular. Now they are much harder to find. Sites such as GasBuddy and AAA do provide aggregated price maps which show the average price of a gallon of gas at the county or state level.

GasBuddy also allows you to search for the price of a gallon of gas at individual gas stations in different cities across the United States. It just takes a little work to select a state and your city. You then have the option to view the results of gas prices on a map by selecting the 'show map' option.

Where Your Food Comes From

When you begin to prepare your Thanksgiving dinner you may wonder about where all that food comes from. Well a new interactive map from CU Boulder and The Plotline, can help show you where. The Food Twin shows you where food is grown and consumed in America and how crops travel from producers to consumers.

Click on your county on the map and you will see colored dots flowing into your county from other counties around the United States. The colors of the dots represent different food groups (grain, nuts, vegetables, fruits and tubers). Each dot represents a set number of calories from that food group. If you switch to the 'producer' view on the map you can see in which other counties food produced in your county is consumed.

It is important to note that the Food Twin is a simulated model of food production and consumption. The model is based on satellite data and survey statistics "to generate an estimate of the types of crops that are grown in different regions across the United States". The consumption of different food groups is estimated based on consumer surveys. The routes between producers and consumers of food is modeled using 'possible shipment routes between all counties". 

You can read more about the production, consumption and transportation models used by the map in this blog post. The map is however a model and your Thanksgiving green beans and candied yams may not actually have been grown in the counties indicated by the Food Twin.

If you want to know more about the geography of your Thanksgiving meal then you should explore Esri's Mapping the Thanksgiving Harvest. This interactive map shows where your turkey, cranberries, sweet potatoes, potatoes, green beans, brussels sprouts, pumpkins and pecans were reared or grown.

Around 46 million turkeys are eaten every Thanksgiving. A large proportion of those turkeys come from Minnesota, North Carolina, Arkansas, and Indiana. There is a very big chance that your sweet potatoes come from North Carolina, which grows more than half of all America's sweet potato crop.

What you actually eat for your traditional Thanksgiving meal will also be influenced by geography. For example if you live in the north or west then you will probably have cranberry sauce with your turkey; while those who live in the southern states will mostly be enjoying sweet potato casserole. Nearly everyone will be eating turkey - but how you prepare your turkey can also be shaped by where you live. If your turkey is smoked, roasted or fried probably depends on whether you live in the mid-west, the east coast or California.

If you want to know more about how where you live shapes your Thanksgiving menu then you should refer to the LA Times. The newspaper has used data from Google to determine the Thanksgiving foods searched for in different regions of the United States. You can read the results of their analysis in What will be on your Thanksgiving plate? It depends on where you’ll be. The article even includes a little tool which can show you the Thanksgiving foods that are most searched for in every state.

The Mega Mega Warehouse Map

The growth of online shopping has led to a huge rise in the construction of massive regional distribution and storage facilities around the country. The location of these mega warehouses can have a huge impact on local communities, leading to increased levels of air and noise pollution and increased traffic.

Mega warehouses tend to get built where zoning is welcoming and land is cheap. This means that the impact of these storage facilities is often felt more by those on low incomes and by communities of color. 

According to the Sierra Club there are currently 39,116 warehouses and distribution centers larger than 100,000 square feet in the United States. You can view the distribution of these mega warehouses on the Sierra Club's interactive map Is There a Mega Warehouse Near You? 

The map shows the locations of 'mega warehouses' with a footprint over 100,000 square feet. When zoomed out the map uses arrowed placename labels to highlight six urban hotspots where the Sierra Club has analyzed the location of mega warehouses in relation to the local community's racial and economic makeup.

For example in California's Inland Empire a scatterplot is used to show how 75.1% of mega warehouses in the region are in majority non-white areas and 20.2% of mega warehouses are in majority non-white & low income neighborhoods. Select an individual warehouse on the map and you can also find out the number of residents living within 5 miles of its location, the percentage of those residents who are non-white and the percentage who are low-income.

Mapping the Last Tati Department Store

Last week the last ever Tati clothing store closed in France, bringing to an end the company's 78 year history. The first Tati store was opened by Jules Ouaki in the Barbès-Rochechouart district in Paris in 1948. Over the next 78 years the company expanded its operations, until it had established stores in many French cities. Last week's closure of the Tati store on Boulevard Barbès ends Tati's presence on French streets, however the brand still exists as an online only store.

To mark the closure of one of Paris' most iconic stores Le Parisien has managed to retrieve the original plans of Jules Ouaki's original Paris store. In How Tati made her mark in Barbès Le Parisien uses these plans to create a 3D interactive tour. This 3D tour visualizes the original store and shows how it expanded over its 78 year history into a number of its neighboring buildings. The tour also includes vintage photographs of the store and the accompanying text explains how the store and the Tati brand managed to grow and expand during its 78 year history. 

Animated 3D tours are becoming a popular method of engaging readers in a story. For example last month The Straits Times released a very impressive scrollytelling map visualizing how the city-state plans to develop over the next decade.

As you scroll through Singapore 2030 an interactive 3D map flies over the island of Singapore taking you on a tour of some of the country's planned developments. A combination of this 3D map and artists' impressions of the planned projects provide the reader with a detailed view of how the planned developments will change the landscape of Singapore for ever.

The Sandwich Index

Sales of coffee and sandwiches might provide a reasonable guide as to how fast people are returning to the office. Bloomberg certainly think so. They have invented the Pret Index to measure the rate that people are returning to the workplace in the UK. As the UK emerges from lock-down Bloomberg is interested in observing how many people stop working from home and return to the office. In order to measure this Bloomberg is analyzing sales data from the Pret a Manger chain of sandwich shops. 

The Pret Index uses a baseline of average sales in a Pret a Manger restaurant from March 8th - the week before schools reopened in England. It then looks at how much sales have grown (or fallen) since that date and how close they are returning to the sales recorded in January 2020, before the start of the pandemic in the UK. Each 0.1 point on the Pret Index equals a 1% progress towards the January 2020 total of sales.

In Pret Sandwich Sales Show Office Workers Staying Home Bloomberg has created a story map to show where Pret sales are increasing and where they have seen little movement. In general it appears that Pret sales are increasing in major retail areas where shops have re-opened. However as yet there appears to be only the smallest of rises in commercial districts, suggesting that workers are not returning to the office in great numbers. 

Across the UK sales seem to be strongest in Yorkshire, which Bloomberg says is based on strong growth in the shopping centers of Leeds and York. Scotland, which has stronger lock-down rules than England, has seen very little growth on the Pret Index. 

Going forward Bloomberg says that they will be updating the Pret Index every week. Unfortunately the Pret Index, will obviously suffer from unforeseen changes in people's behavior when returning to work. For example many people returning to the office may avoid entering confined Pret a Manger's for their coffee and sandwiches. In the same way other measures may also prove problematic. For example analysis of public transit figures may prove a poor indicator of the numbers returning to the workplace if many commuters avoid packed trains and buses and find alternative means of transport.

Where Stores Are Recovering

In countries around the world lock-down and working from home has had a major impact on the already struggling retail sector. During lock-down many shops and stores were forced to close. As countries have begun to emerge from lock-down many shops have begun to reopen. However in some areas not all the stores are reopening and some now probably never will.

The Guardian has used research from the Local Data Company to explore How Britain's high streets are recovering after lockdown. Although The Guardian's analysis is based on shops in the UK the patterns of recovery and non-recovery it found in the retail sector probably apply to many other countries.

In a series of maps The Guardian shows stores in different locations closing during lock-down and then shows which stores have reopened since the easing of lock-down. The Guardian's analysis shows that stores are recovering best in locations near where people live. Conversely, in city center locations, in areas dominated by commercial offices and with few residential units, stores have struggled to reopen. Clearly while the number of people working from home remains high stores, restaurants and cafes in commercial districts will continue to struggle. I suspect this trend might be repeated in commercial districts around the world.

The Guardian's analysis also revealed that stores, cafes and restaurants in tourist towns have also struggled to reopen. In towns which rely on tourism to maintain the local economy many stores have remained closed. The Guardian reports however that an uptick in British tourists may provide some hope for shops in tourist areas.

The Death of the High Street

The Ordnance Survey's High Streets interactive map shows the location of all High Streets (main streets) in Great Britain. 'High Street' is the most common street name in the UK. This map however is not about mapping all the roads named 'High Street' but identifying all the main retail streets in Great Britain.

To be classified as a 'High Street' for the OS High Streets map a road must have a name and be a street which predominately consists of retail outlets. The road must have a cluster of at least 15 retail addresses within 150 metres. For the purposes of this map other retail centers such as retail parks, industrial estates, and isolated shopping centers are excluded.

The OS High Street map is a great resource for finding the main retail streets in Britain's cities and towns. It is particularly useful if you want to assess the health of the country's main shopping streets. For example the Office of National Statistics uses the OS High Street data to explore trends in businesses, employment and those living near high streets.

Yesterday the ONS published its latest analysis into the health of Britain's high streets in High streets in Great Britain. This analysis finds that retail employment in high streets fell in three quarters of local authorities between 2015 and 2018. However employment in pubs & bars and in food services all rose on the high street during the same period. Overall high streets account for 14% of all employment in Great Britain so this year's lock-down is likely to have a huge impact on UK employment. Struggling shops are likely to be adversely affected as are the pub and food services sectors which were previously taking up much of the slack within the retail sector on Britain's high streets.

The OS High Streets interactive map shows center lines, building outlines and bounding boxes of each high street. If you click on a high street on the map you can view its name, how many buildings it contains, and how many of these are shops & how many are offices.

Where People Buy Groceries Online

According to CBRE nearly half of of all Americans now shop for packaged groceries online. They also claim that the number of consumers buying groceries online is expected to rise to 70% in the next few years. CBRE's estimations could be a little high. For example, Business Insider say that "only 10% of US consumers ... regularly shop online for groceries". However nearly everyone agrees that the online grocery market will greatly expand in the next few years.

CBRE has created an interactive map of the Online Grocery Purchase Index, which shows where Americans are least and most likely to shop for groceries online. On this map census tracts are colored to show how likely it was for someone in the block to buy groceries online over the last 30 days. If you select a census block on the map you can view the number of people who have purchased groceries online in the last 30 days and the total population of the census block. You can also view the overall Online Grocery Purchase Index score for the block.

This interactive map of the likelihood of Americans to buy groceries online is part of CBRE's series Food on Demand. I couldn't find any information on the CBRE website about how their Online Grocery Purchase Index is calculated or where they get their data from.

The Inequality Atlas

The Atlas of Inequality is a new interactive map which shows the income inequality of customers who visit stores and establishments in the Boston metro area. The map shows the place inequality score of each establishment. This score shows how unequal the store's customer's incomes are.

The atlas reveals some interesting patterns as to which type of establishment are most equal and which are most unequal in Boston. It also reveals which neighborhoods in the city have the least economically segregated establishments and which neighborhood's establishments are most economically segregated.

Working out the socioeconomic background of visitors to each establishment takes a lot of work analyzing customer mobile phone location data. The Atlas of Inequality uses anonymous location data from mobile phones to determine the number of people who visit establishments. It then explores the socioeconomic background of these visitors to give each store and establishment a place inequality score.

The stores and coffee shop location data used in the Atlas of Inequality comes from the Foursquare API. The anonymous visitor data comes from Cuebiq. Using Cuebiq's location data the Atlas of Inequality sees where visitors spend more than 5 minutes and if the location equates to a Four Square listed location. If you select a place's marker on  the map you can view the number of people from each socioeconomic group who frequent the location.

The socioeconomic background of visitors is determined by seeing which census block they most commonly spend time in between 8:00 pm and 4:00 am. This is assumed to be a person's home address. MIT then use the median household income of the census block group, as determined by the 5-year American Community Survey for 2012-2016, to decide the person's socioeconomic background.

Black Friday Cyber Monday Live Shopping

Shopify's BFCM Live Map visualizes real-time sales across the world made over this weekend on the popular e-commerce platform. As you watch the BCFM Live Map customer orders are animated as great circles on a 3D globe showing you where sales are being made.

This isn't the first real-time retail tracking map I've seen. Obviously these kinds of maps don't have much real practical use, beyond marketing the companies themselves. Nevertheless they can be fun to watch for a couple of minutes. The Shopify map includes a 'Sales per minute' and 'Orders by minute' running totals which do provide an impressive overview of the number of sales made through Shopify. Updates also appear under the map with details about some of the sales being made around the world - as they happen.

Where to Buy Food Without Packaging

If you are eager to reduce your carbon footprint and desperate to find local shops which aren't full of foodstuffs and other goods sold in unnecessary packaging then you should bookmark Zero Waste Near Me. Zero Waste Near Me is an interactive map showing the locations of shops where you can buy unpackaged goods.

At the moment Zero Waste Near Me maps shops, markets and fruit & vegetable box schemes where you can buy produce which is free of unnecessary packaging. The map also shows the locations of shops which provide refill services. These may be refill services for laundry cleaning products, for shampoos & conditioners or even for beer refills.

Zero Waste Near Me does have plans to extend the range of zero waste resources that are shown on the interactive map. In the future it hopes to add the locations of community fridges (fridges where individuals and businesses can share surplus food - rather than disposing of it as waste). It also plans to map milk vending machines and repair cafes.

Currently Zero Waste Near Me only shows local zero waste resources in the UK. The quality of the data added to the map is ensured by the developers not allowing crowd-sourced additions. If Zero Waste Near Me wishes to expand across the globe then it will need to think about allowing users to add data to the map and the implications that crowd-sourcing might have on the quality of the data.

Where M&S Gets its Fish

The M&S Supply Chain Map now shows where the company sources its fish & shellfish from. British retailer Marks and Spencer created the M&S Interactive Map in order to be more transparent with their customers. The map has been used in the past to show the factories around the world where M&S source their branded clothing, clothing accessories, footwear, food, non-alcoholic drinks and household products. It now also shows where the company sources its farmed and wild fish & shellfish.

Using the map you can view details on individual factories around the world which are part of the M&S supply chain. If you select an individual manufacturer on the map you can view a few details about the factory, such as the total number of employees and the percentage of female & male employees.

If you select 'Raw Materials' from the map sidebar you can now also view where M&S source their wild fish & shellfish and where they source farmed fish and shellfish. These fish & shellfish sources can be filtered on the map by individual country or by individual fish species. For example you can filter the map to just show where M&S sources rainbow trout.

The Queen's Shopping Map

After a busy day ruling over the Commonwealth the Queen likes to sit down and relax with a large tumbler of the Famous Grouse Scotch Whisky. This is quickly followed by a glass of Thomas Hine cognac, drunk with a Bollinger champagne chaser.

You can discover some of the Queen's other favorite brands on Esri UK's By Royal Appointment interactive map. For centuries the British monarchy has issued royal warrants of appointment to shops and services who supply the royal court or royal family. Brands can then advertise the fact that they supply the royal family, which obviously adds a little prestige to their brand.

The Esri map shows companies and businesses around the world who have been awarded warrants of appointment by the Queen or the Prince of Wales. The businesses shown on the map are colored by type of business.

Record and Book Shop Maps

The rise of online shopping around the world has had a dramatic effect on independent mom & pop stores. This is particularly true for book and record stores, as consumers increasingly move to the digital formats of music and books rather than purchasing hard copies from neighborhood stores.

Sadly for those of us who love spending time in book and record shops we now often need a map to find our nearest book and record stores. Luckily, however, there are a number of good record and book shop maps available.


The German Book Trade Association (Der Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels) has created a nice Google Map of bookshops in Germany. Vorsicht Buch shows the locations of bookshops throughout the country.

You can search the map by location and click on the individual bookshop markers to get the address of the individual store.

In the USA you can use Dwell's Independent Bookstore Map. Indie Map also provides a handy map of independent book stores in the USA. In the UK you can view the Bookshop Map.


Record lovers should check out Vinyl Hub or Record Shops, both of whom provide worldwide Google Maps of record shops. Vinyl Hunt is another map which shows the location of independent record shops that sell both new and used vinyl.

Mapping Black Friday Hashtags

Black Friday 2014 by Social Bakers is a series of maps visualizing the social sharing taking place around Black Friday on Twitter and Instagram.

The visualization includes maps of New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin and Miami showing the location of Twitter and Instagram posts which include Black Friday related hashtags. Social Bakers began gathering data for the maps on the 22nd November and will continue until the 30th November.

The map sidebar includes running totals of the number of times particular brands have been mentioned. You can also view recent photos posted to Instagram using the same Black Friday related hashtags by selecting the 'Photos' tab in the sidebar.

The Paris Map of Desire

The Map of Desire is a real-time map of Paris shoppers based on Twitter activity in the French capital. The creators of the map claim that it uses machine-learning to track the location and level of desire among Parisienne shoppers in real-time.

I'm not sure how much 'machine-learning' is actually taking place. What the map does is search geo-tagged Twitter messages posted in Paris for a number of key-words associated with shopping and desire (e.g. 'want', 'need'). Tweets saying that someone has bought something are shown on the map with orange markers and desires are shown in pink (looking at the code for the map I think the white markers show when someone swears on Twitter in Paris).

As with all these real-time Twitter maps the map is only showing a small subsection of the general population (Twitter users who share their location). However, if this is the demographic which retailers and advertisers actually want to target, then I guess this kind of real-time Twitter map could be useful. At the very least it is an interesting visualization of Twitter activity in Paris.

WeedMap Denver

For a few years now Weedmap has been mapping dispensaries selling medical marijuana in the United States. Now that Colorado has legalized the recreational use and the sale of cannabis Weedmap has updated their map of Colorado to also show non-medical retail outlets, where cannabis can be legally purchased.

If you zoom in on Denver on WeedMap you will now see new 'A-Okay' map markers that show the locations of responsible marijuana retail stores in the city. 'Users' can select any of the stores displayed on the map to view the store's full address and the WeedMap rating for the store.