Train stations with no breakfast spot

What it does

When planning a breakfast kiosk: train and bus stations in your city with how many cafes and bakeries are within 300 m, the fewest first, on a map.

In one sentence: Monthly on the 1st at 08:00, in London, find train stations and bus stations in the area, count the cafes, bakeries and coffee shops within 250 m of each, sort them by nearby_count and keep the top 20, then show them on a map and email the list to you.

Why it is useful

Commuters want breakfast on the way. Stations without a cafe are the best kiosk sites.

Who it is for

Restaurants & cafes. Owners and operators of restaurants, cafes and food brands watching competitors, reviews and the next branch. Every use case for restaurants & cafes

Best use cases

• A coffee kiosk chain
• A bakery brand
• A station retail operator

What each run gives you

• An email with the list
• A map of the results

The time it saves

Monthly on the 1st at 08:00. Doing the same work by hand takes about 90 minutes each time; it runs about 1 time a month, so it saves about 2 hours a month (an estimate). It is medium: 7 blocks.

The flow, block by block

1. On the 1st of every monthTrigger · ScheduleStarts the flow on a timetable.
2. My cityWhere · Area of interestSets where the flow looks: countries, cities or specific places, or areas you draw on a map.
3. StationsxMap data · Nearby placesPlaces around a point from xMap’s own places database (300M+ places, refreshed every month): pick the types of place (more than 5,000, such as Restaurant, Cafe, Pharmacy, Hospital or Gas station, or a whole group of them) and how far to look.
4. Cafes and bakeries within 300 mxMap data · Nearby placesPlaces around a point from xMap’s own places database (300M+ places, refreshed every month): pick the types of place (more than 5,000, such as Restaurant, Cafe, Pharmacy, Hospital or Gas station, or a whole group of them) and how far to look.
5. The fewest nearby firstLogic · Sort and limitPuts the items in order, and can keep only the first ones: the 10 best rated, the 20 nearest, the highest fit scores.
6. Show them on a mapAction · Show on a mapShows the results as points on a map, with the area of interest.
7. Email me the listAction · EmailSends one email per run with all the items, or one email per item.

Every block can be changed after you use the template: the city, the type of place, the score, where the results go.

Use it now

Answer a few questions, enter your work email, and it runs in your own account, kept running until you pause it. Use this template.