Roadworks cleared before sixty thousand fans arrive
Rafael is a traffic officer in Sao Paulo. On match days, the roads around the stadium in Morumbi are his.
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The challenge
Sixty thousand fans arrive in two hours. One forgotten roadworks site can block an avenue, and he usually finds it at kick off, from a helicopter feed. Then it is too late to send a crew.
How the flow works
With xMap Flows, Rafael built Radar. Radar is an AI employee: a flow of 7 blocks.
On match days at nine,
Match days, 9 a.m. (Schedule)
within three kilometres of the stadium,
Three km round the stadium (Area of interest)
Radar finds every closure and roadworks site,
Closures and roadworks (Traffic incidents)
keeps the roadworks,
Roadworks only (Filter)
writes a work order for each,
A work order each (xMap LLM)
sends them to the crew chief,
To the crew chief (WhatsApp Business)
and pins them on the match day map.
Match-day map (Show on a map)
What it solves
- Found at kick off: solved by Schedule and Traffic incidents
- Avenues blocked: solved by Filter and Show on a map
- No time for crews: solved by xMap LLM and WhatsApp Business
The result
On Sunday, Radar found four roadworks sites at nine in the morning. Crews cleared three by noon, and the fourth was coned into one lane. The fans reached their seats, and Rafael watched the second half.
Rafael used to find the roadworks at kick off. Now they are gone by lunch.
An illustrative scenario: the figures are modelled to show what the flow produces, not a customer's results.
The flow, block by block
- 1
- 2
Three km round the stadium
Sets where the flow looks: countries, cities or specific places, or areas you draw on a map.
- 3
Closures and roadworks
Road closures, roadworks and other incidents on online maps right now, with where they are.
- 4
- 5
- 6
To the crew chief
WhatsApp Business · WhatsApp
Send text, media and template messages from your WhatsApp Business number.
- 7
Templates to build it
Ready-made flows with the same blocks. Open one, change the city and the kind of place, and run it.
- Road closures near my depots, every hourClosures and roadworks near each depot every hour, to dispatch on WhatsApp.
- Incidents near my drivers’ zonesIncidents near your drivers' zones every 15 minutes, to dispatch.
- Road closures near my schools before the buses leaveRoad closures near your schools sent to bus drivers before each run.
- Road closures near the courts before hearingsClosures and roadworks around every court you attend, on WhatsApp at 6:30.
- Road closures around our warehouses after a stormBlocked roads around every aid warehouse, every hour after a storm.
- Road closures near the port gates each morningClosures near the port gates before the first trucks leave.
Industries
Learn how it works
- Location intelligenceUsing where things are, and what is around them, to make business decisions.
- Reverse geocodingTurning coordinates into a street, district or address.
- Site selectionChoosing where to open a store, branch, clinic or facility.
- Build your first flow in ten minutesFrom a blank page to a flow that emails you a ranked list every morning.
- Enrich a list onceA CSV of addresses or companies back with phone, website, rating and an AI score.
- Traffic incidents and road closuresClosures and roadworks in an area or near each of your places.
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