Where the data comes from

Two sources, working together

Source 1

Open map data

Every station and charger loads live from OpenStreetMap: real locations worldwide, there from your first visit.

Source 2

Driver reports

On top, drivers add what only a visit shows: fuel in stock, queue length, what the place is like. Confirming fuel or a charger takes no account at all; posting a price or a comment needs a free sign-in. Signing in is what puts your name on it and keeps your streak.

What's real

We only show what we actually know

Live reports where they exist; where they don't, we say so. Prices only when a driver or verified source reports them, always timestamped. We never show fake stock levels.

The trust problem

Crowdsourced data is only useful if you know how old it is

A stale report is the biggest risk. So each one shows when it was made, whether others confirm it, and how fresh it is now.

A station confirmed a few minutes ago by several drivers shows bright and confident. An old, unconfirmed report fades, so you can see at a glance how much to trust it.

EXAMPLE RECORD: how one report becomes a trustworthy pin

StationShell, Route 9, mile 42

A real location, pulled from OpenStreetMap rather than typed by a driver.

Diesel$3.61 / gal

What a driver reported paying, just now.

Reported4 min ago

The freshness clock. The newer this is, the brighter the pin looks on the map.

Confirmations3

Three other drivers saw the same thing. One report can be wrong; three agreeing rarely is.

The trust model in detail

What "confirmed" actually means here

Every status on this map answers three questions before it is shown: where it came from, how old it is, and whether anyone disagrees. Here is each one, in the same shape you see on a pin.

What a pin can say

Fuel availableA driver stood there and said so — with the time they said it.
Limited fuelSome grades out, a long queue, or two drivers disagreeing. All three go amber — nothing is quietly averaged into green.
No fuelA driver found no fuel, or a charger that would not work.
Open by its timetableThe posted hours say open, and nobody has checked, so the mark stays dashed and the tail stays grey.
No fresh reportNobody has checked lately. The pin says that instead of turning hopeful green.

Where a status comes from

1
Official feedGovernment fuel-price data or an operator's live status, where a country publishes one. Always labelled official.
2
Driver reportThe freshest confirmation leads. Counted per driver, not per tap — repeated taps from one person do not stack.
3
OpenStreetMapThe base layer underneath: where the station is, what it sells, when it opens. It never claims a live status.

How a report ages

FreshRecent enough to act on, and shown with its timestamp so you can judge it yourself.
AgeingVisibly fading. Still shown, still stamped — you decide whether it holds until you arrive.
StaleThe map stops treating it as current and goes back to saying "no fresh report".

Opening hours are not availability. A station scheduled to be open tells you nothing about fuel in the tanks or a working charger. The two are kept apart: a schedule is shown as a schedule, and "has fuel right now" appears only when somebody recently confirmed it.

What we track

What Refuelia tracks for each station

Location & basics

Real position, brand and operator, address and opening hours, straight from OpenStreetMap.

Fuel & charging

Which fuels a station sells (petrol, diesel, LPG, CNG) and, for EVs, the connector type, power and number of ports.

Driver check-ins

Fuel in stock, queue length, whether it's open now, and driver reviews, each stamped with the time it was last seen.

No friction

No app. Open the browser and it works.

Ready to see it live?

Open live map

See what other drivers found today

Browsing needs no sign-up. Anything a driver confirms carries the minute it was made — and until someone does, the station says so plainly, so nothing on the map pretends to be fresher than it is.