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+# Chrome Extension Idea: **MapReviews**
+
+## Authors  
+Carson Fisher (carsonf)
+
+## Problem Statement  
+Google Maps reviews for restaurants, attractions, and businesses can number in the thousands, making it overwhelming and time-consuming to read through them all. While AI could summarize them effectively, there is currently no easy way to copy or compile all reviews from a Google Maps location. This extension will solve that problem by providing a seamless way to extract and compile reviews for use with AI tools.
+
+## Target Audience  
+- People exploring new restaurants, stores, or local businesses via Google Maps  
+- Tourists planning their itineraries based on local reviews  
+- Busy people who want quick insights without reading hundreds of reviews  
+- Anyone who values community feedback when choosing where to go
+
+## Description  
+This Chrome extension integrates with **Google Maps** and enables users to **scrape and compile all visible reviews** for a selected location with a single click. The collected reviews are then displayed in a clean, copyable format, ready to be pasted into an AI chatbot for summarization or sentiment analysis. This empowers users to quickly grasp the consensus without skimming endless comments.
+
+## Selling Points  
+1. **Saves time** by eliminating the need to scroll and read every review  
+2. **Saves Reading** Allows reviews to be summarized  
+3. **Consistent Formatting** standardizes review formats so they are easier to read 
+4. **Supports informed decisions**, especially in new or unfamiliar locations  
+
+## User Stories  
+- As a traveler, I want to quickly understand if a local spot is worth visiting based on community reviews, so I can make the most of my trip.  
+- As a busy professional, I want to get a quick AI-generated summary of reviews so I don’t waste time digging for key information.  
+- As a picky eater, I want to find specific reviews mentioning dietary restrictions or preferences, so I can avoid unpleasant surprises.  
+- As someone who leaves reviews, I want my contributions to matter and be part of meaningful summaries, not buried in the feed.
+
+## Notes  
+The biggest challenge will be determining how many reviews can reasonably be scraped per request, considering Google’s pagination and dynamic loading.
+
+## References & Inspiration  
+Inspired by the Recipe extension but with the same structure applied to google maps

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+# Chrome Extension Idea: **MapReviews**
+
+## Authors  
+Carson Fisher (carsonf)
+
+## Problem Statement  
+Google Maps reviews for restaurants, attractions, and businesses can number in the thousands, making it overwhelming and time-consuming to read through them all. While AI could summarize them effectively, there is currently no easy way to copy or compile even a reasonable number of reviews from a Google Maps location. This extension will solve that problem by allowing users to extract a limited set of visible reviews from a business page in a clean, copyable format.
+
+## Target Audience  
+- People exploring new restaurants, stores, or local businesses via Google Maps  
+- Tourists planning their itineraries based on local reviews  
+- Busy people who want quick insights without reading hundreds of reviews  
+- Anyone who values community feedback when choosing where to go
+
+## Description  
+This Chrome extension integrates with **Google Maps** and enables users to **extract the first 20–50 visible reviews** for a selected location with a single click. The reviews are pulled directly from the page using DOM manipulation, formatted cleanly, and displayed in a popup or sidebar for quick copying. Users can then paste them into a chatbot like ChatGPT for summarization. The extension is fully client-side and does not require backend infrastructure or use of the Google Maps API.
+
+## Selling Points  
+1. **Saves time** by avoiding the need to scroll and read dozens of reviews  
+2. **Saves Reading** by letting users quickly summarize reviews using AI  
+3. **Consistent Formatting** makes raw reviews easier to process or scan manually  
+4. **Supports informed decisions**, especially in new or unfamiliar locations  
+
+## User Stories  
+- As a traveler, I want to quickly understand if a local spot is worth visiting based on community reviews, so I can make the most of my trip.  
+- As a busy student, I want to copy reviews into ChatGPT to summarize them and decide whether a place is worth checking out.  
+- As a person with dietary restrictions, I want to easily search for keywords in reviews, so I can avoid surprises.  
+- As someone who leaves reviews, I want my contributions to be easier for others to access and summarize.
+
+## Notes  
+This version limits review scraping to a feasible number (e.g., 20–50) to avoid needing to scroll infinitely or manage pagination. The extension uses JavaScript to scroll the review container, extract visible reviews, and show them in a simple popup or new tab. It does not require interaction with Google’s API and is scoped to desktop only.
+
+## References & Inspiration  
+Inspired by the Recipe extension but with the same structure applied to Google Maps. Designed to be feasible for a third-year computer science student using content scripts, manifest v3, and basic frontend JavaScript.