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TECH ValidatedEvidence tiers: Early signal = 1 uncorroborated request — treat as radar, not a validated opportunity · Corroborated = 2-3 requests · Validated = 4+ requests from 2+ different people. Every count appears exactly once, in the fact bar below — each traces to a real source post.

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6
builder posts asking
latest ask seen 8d ago
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6
different people asking
across 1 platform
who →
11
rivals shipping · web scan
how verified →

In their words

"I don't need a map app that harvests my data, any suggestions for quality alternatives" — a builder, verbatim · sign in free to trace the source ↗

What they tried & dropped

Extracted word-for-word from the evidence posts below — every item is quoted verbatim from a real builder.

Waze — "doesn't have that" verbatimsign in to trace ↗
Yandex — (no stated shortcoming) sign in to trace ↗
Google Maps — "owned by Google" verbatimsign in to trace ↗
Trip Advisor — "doesn't have the same information as Google Maps" verbatimsign in to trace ↗

Hard requirements

Non-negotiables stated by builders in their own words. Miss one and they will not switch.

shows the location of everything without me searchingalternative to Googlenot harvesting my dataability to search a town and see options for restaurants/parks/attractionsreplace Google Maps

Competitor pricing

Named rivals · prices not yet verified 🔒
Pricing collected · names — log in ↗

How we checked

Where we searched
3 sources · GitHub (open-source check) · App Store · SaaS marketplaces
Verification funnel
61 raw matches scanned, then AI-de-duped · see the breakdown below
Last scan
2d ago · auto-refreshed every 30 days

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What the numbers suggest

11 rivals shipping (fact bar) how verified → market is crowded; differentiate on the unmet requirements above, don't compete on breadth.
6 builder posts asking · 6 different people (fact bar) see posts → demand is independently reported, not one person repeating themselves.
6 demand signals vs 11 shipping rivals → supply already outweighs demand — enter only with an edge.
0 willingness-to-pay quotes yetno one has named a price — validate pricing before building.
last new signal 9 days ago → conversation is recent.

Signal history

6 tracked posts (6 asks · 0 product/news) first post Jun 2026 ▲ 1 in the last 30 days
2026-06-16 · +1 post · 1 on record2026-06-18 · +1 post · 2 on record2026-06-27 · +1 post · 3 on record2026-07-07 · +1 post · 4 on record2026-07-17 · +1 post · 5 on record2026-08-30 · +1 post · 6 on record 6 0 Jun 2026 today

Cumulative tracked posts (asks + products + news) by original post date · GapMine tracked communities — not search volume · every step traces to a real post in the evidence record (sign in to read them).

Evidence pool

Top 5 of 6 builder posts asking on record — each insight links back to a real one.

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