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Show on a map

Show on a map puts what a run found on a saved map: every place with a position becomes a point, coloured by category, by fit score or in one colour, over the Area of interest. Each run updates the same map or saves a new one. Open it any time on the Maps page, switch to clusters or a heat map, download it, or share it by a public link or on your own website.

In the editor: Shows the results as points on a map, with the area of interest. Each run saves the map so you can open it later under Maps, or download it.

Settings

Map name (optional)

Text

What the map is called on the Maps page. Left empty, it takes the flow’s name.

Each run

Pick one

Whether each run replaces the points on one map, or keeps every run as its own map.

  • Updates the same map One map that always shows the latest run. Its link stays the same.
  • Saves a new map A new map each run, named with the date and time, so you keep a history.

Color points by

Pick one

How the points are coloured. The legend on the map says what each colour means.

  • Category A colour per category; click a category in the legend to hide or show it.
  • Fit score Green for 80 and over, amber for 65 to 79, red under 65 (the score an xMap LLM or Jev block wrote).
  • One color Every point in xMap blue.

Show the area of interest

On or off

When on, the outline of the Area of interest before this block is drawn under the points.

What comes out

Each item that leaves the block carries these fields, to use in the blocks after it as {{field}}.

On the map, for each point

Every item with a latitude and longitude. The items themselves pass on unchanged to any block after this one.

  • name: Shown in the point’s pop-up.
  • category: In the pop-up, and the colour when coloured by category.
  • city: In the pop-up.
  • rating: In the pop-up, when the place has one.
  • fit_score: In the pop-up and the colour when coloured by fit score (any score field an AI block wrote).
  • lat, lng: Where the point goes. Items without them are left off the map.

Downloads

From the map’s page.

  • GeoJSON: The points and the area outline, for mapping tools.
  • CSV: name, category, city, lat, lng, rating and fit_score, one row per point.

How to use it

Retail

Watch new competitors

The same map each morning with the competitors that opened since yesterday, so the link on the team’s wall is always current.

Telecom

New shops near each store, coloured by fit

A telecom operator wants its regional managers to see, every week, the new shops near its stores that could sell its SIM cards.

Coloured by fit score, the green points are the shops worth a visit first.

Government and cities

Road closures in my city

Updates the same map every morning, so the control room keeps one public link open on a screen.

Retail

One map a month to see competitors spread

A supermarket chain saves a map of its competitors at the start of each month.

Saves a new map keeps each month as its own map, named with its date.

Marketing agencies

A map the client can open without an account

An agency delivers a competitor map with every launch plan.

Before: Screenshots of maps went into slides and were out of date a week later.

With the flow: The client gets a public link (or the map in their own intranet page) that updates with every run.

Delivery apps

Where the new restaurants cluster

On the Maps page the heat view shows the districts where new restaurants open fastest, to plan riders and sales visits.

Logistics

Ships entering my zone

The ships that entered the port zone, on a map updated every hour.

Healthcare

Nearest ambulance to each accident

Each accident with a dashed line to its nearest ambulance, drawn on the map.

Good to know

  • Only items with a latitude and longitude become points; up to 500 points a map. Items without a position still pass on to the next block.
  • A map is saved when a run in your account passes, test runs included. The editor shows it in the run panel; saved maps are on the Maps page.
  • Who can see a map follows its flow: a private flow’s map is seen only by the people who can see the flow, and admins. A public link shows the points with a few safe fields only (name, category, city, address, rating, website, phone, score).
  • Updates the same map keeps one address for good. Saves a new map adds a map every run, so use it with a weekly or monthly schedule.
  • Clusters, heat and points are views of the same map, picked on the Maps page; above 300 points it starts as clusters.
  • Credits: 20 for each map saved.

Works well with

  • Map business scan: Finds businesses on online maps live: name, category, rating, address, phone, website and whether it is open.
  • Traffic incidents: Road closures, roadworks and other incidents on online maps right now, with where they are.
  • Ships (AIS): Ships at sea or in port right now, from AIS (the signal ships send with their position, speed and heading; live from AISStream): every vessel heard in the Area of interest before this block, or around a point.
  • xMap LLM: Tell the AI what to do in plain words.
  • Area of interest: Sets where the flow looks: countries, cities or specific places, or areas you draw on a map.
  • Only new: Lets through only the items this flow has not found before, so a daily flow sends only what is new.
  • Email: Sends one email per run with all the items, or one email per item.
  • Find nearest: For each place, finds the nearest of your own points from a CSV you upload, for example the nearest ambulance to each accident or the nearest branch to each new lead, and adds its name and the distance.

Templates that use it

And 209 more in the template gallery.

Stories with it

Help articles

Guides and terms

Industries that use it

B2B sales · Retail & franchise · Restaurants & cafes · Real estate · FMCG & distribution · Marketing & agencies · Recruiting & staffing · Logistics & delivery · Government & cities · Investors & consultants · Healthcare & pharma · Hotels & tourism · Banking & lending · Energy & EV · Construction & facilities · Telecom · Automotive & mobility · Education & training · Agriculture & food supply · Fitness, beauty & wellness · Law & professional services · Media & publishing · Events & venues · Non-profits & humanitarian · Security & emergency services · Environment & climate · Ports & shipping · E-commerce & D2C · Manufacturing & industrial · Software & tech · Sports clubs & leagues · Pet care & veterinary · Home services & trades · Food delivery & quick commerce · Airports & aviation · Mining, oil & gas · Public transport · Water & waste utilities · Insurance · Fishing & aquaculture

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