Truck stops and fuel along the haul corridor
Truck stops, fuel and tyres along the haul corridor.
What it does
Every quarter: truck stops, gas stations and tyre shops along the corridor between the mine and the port, the best-rated first, in a sheet for the logistics team.
In one sentence: Monthly on the 1st at 08:00, in Dar es Salaam and Kampala, find truck stops, gas stations and tire shops in the area, clean up their categories, then add row in Google Sheets, email the list to you and show them on a map.
Why it is useful
Long haul corridors need planned stops. A current list keeps drivers safe and trucks moving.
Who it is for
Mining, oil & gas. Mining companies, oil and gas operators and their suppliers keeping remote sites safe, supplied and on good terms with their neighbours. Every use case for mining, oil & gas
Best use cases
- A mining logistics team
- A trucking contractor
- A corridor development agency
What each run gives you
- A Google Sheet
- A map
The time it saves
Monthly on the 1st at 08:00. Doing the same work by hand takes about 60 minutes each time; it runs about 1 time a month, so it saves about 1 hours a month (an estimate). It is medium: 7 blocks.
The flow, block by block
- On the 1st of every monthTrigger · ScheduleStarts the flow on a timetable.
- Corridor townsWhere · Area of interestSets where the flow looks: countries, cities or specific places, or areas you draw on a map.
- Truck stops and servicesxMap 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.
- Sort by kindxMap AI · Place classifierAssigns clean categories and merges duplicate places.
- Update the corridor sheetApp · Google SheetsCreate, edit, and collaborate on spreadsheets online
- Show them on a mapAction · Show on a mapShows the results as points on a map, with the area of interest.
- Email me the resultsAction · 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.
How to set it up
- The xMap Flows browser extension: what is around this business: On a company’s website or a place on a map, one click shows its market and the AI employees to hire for it.
- Build your first flow in ten minutes: From a blank page to a flow that emails you a ranked list every morning.
- What xMap remembers about your company: Your city, industry and what you sell, filled in for you and always yours to change.
- Ask the map a question: How many of a kind of place, how many people for each, and where the gaps are, answered on the spot.
- Location intelligence: Using where things are, and what is around them, to make business decisions.
- POI data (points of interest): Records of places such as shops, clinics and offices, with their category, position and details.
- Catchment area: The area a store or service draws its customers from.
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