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Welcome to Foursquare Developers.
Get familiar with our products and explore their features. Join over 125,000 developers building location-aware experiences with Foursquare technology and data.
[products]
Learn more about our complete developer suite of products
Places API
Get access to global POI data and rich content from over 100K trusted sources and driven by millions of consumers. Connect to our API to search, discover and rank venues and get real-time data access.
Places Database
Download venue content and customize data to your business needs. Available via JSON or TSV and delivered daily, weekly or monthly.
Pilgrim SDK
Embed foreground and background location awareness into your iOS and Android app, and to engage users with contextual content in real-time.
Check out our feature-by-feature product comparison of our developer tools.
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Read posts written by Foursquare’s developers
[Examples]
Sep 09, 2020
iOS 14: Foursquare mobile engineering - take 1Here are the takeaways and recommendations from a Pilgrim SDK engineer after reviewing the iOS 14 security and privacy changes on the Foursquare City Guide app.
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[Places API]
Jul 28, 2020
New privacy controls, permissions, and debug logging in Pilgrim SDKWe have introduced a few new features for both iOS and Android to support privacy and make it easier to troubleshoot.
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[Culture]
Feb 05, 2020
How Foursquare data science balances practicality and rigorFoursquare outlines two examples of how balancing practicality and scientific fundamentals have kept data science focused and impactful internally.
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[Pilgrim SDK]
Jul 28, 2019
Why you need a phone's eye view of the world | developer week keynoteCheck out the video from Matthew Kamen, Head of Engineering at Foursquare, to learn more about Pilgrim SDK, and why our proprietary technology is best-in-class.
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[Culture]
Jul 18, 2019
Foursquare's new approach to hiring top talentTTP sits down with Foursquare to better understand why and how we have diversified the pipeline of talent, while adopting our own Associate Engineer (AE) Program.
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[Culture]
Apr 18, 2019
How our intern led Pants' migration to Python 3Foursquare details how an intern led the Pants to Python 3 migration, the major roadblock to our own internal migration.
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[Culture]
Feb 12, 2019
Good engineers can become good leadersFoursquare outlines the challenges in making the role of an engineering manager coherent and equally accessible across various teams and potential leaders.
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