duckduckgo/zeroclickinfo-longtail — pull request #9 by zachthompson (2014-11-07 22:53:43+00:00)
Title: EPA Fuel Economy Longtail

What does your Instant Answer do?
Longtail for EPA Fuel Economy data (converted from https://github.com/duckduckgo/zeroclickinfo-fathead/pull/100) Downloads source, parses it, and creates output.xml

What problem does your Instant Answer solve (Why is it better than organic links)?
-Displays city/hwy fuel economy directly.
-Gives ranges for city/hwy for models with multiple vehicle configurations
-Lists individual model configuration fuel economies.

What is the data source for your Instant Answer? (Provide a link if possible)
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/epadata/vehicles.csv.zip

Why did you choose this data source?
Suggested in idea request

Are there any other alternative (better) data sources?
Not that I found with comprehensive fuel economy data.

What are some example queries that trigger this Instant Answer?
2011 Honda Fit fuel economy
2011 Honda Fit mpg (this could optional)

Which communities will this Instant Answer be especially useful for? (gamers, book lovers, etc)
Anyone researching mileage for a vehicle

Is this Instant Answer connected to a DuckDuckHack Instant Answer idea?
Yes - https://duck.co/ideas/idea/4514/vehicle-fuel-efficiency

Which existing Instant Answers will this one supercede/overlap with?
None that I know of.

Are you having any problems? Do you need our help with anything?

Where did you hear about DuckDuckHack? (For first time contributors)

What does the Instant Answer look like? (Provide a screenshot for new or updated Instant Answers)

See screenshots in https://github.com/duckduckgo/zeroclickinfo-fathead/pull/100

Checklist

Please place an 'X' where appropriate.

[x] Added metadata and attribution information
[] Wrote test file and added to t/ directory
[x] Verified that Instant Answer adheres to design guidelines (https://duck.co/duckduckhack/design_styleguide)
[x] Verified that Instant Answer adheres to code styleguide (https://duck.co/duckduckhack/code_styleguide)
[] Tested cross-browser compatibility
Please let us know which browsers/devices you've tested on:
- Windows 8
[] Google Chrome
[] Firefox
[] Opera
[] IE 10

- Windows 7
[] Google Chrome
[] Firefox
[] Opera
[] IE 8
[] IE 9
[] IE 10

- Windows XP
[] IE 7
[] IE 8

- Mac OSX
[] Google Chrome
[] Firefox
[] Opera
[] Safari