A map that only works after a million people join is a map nobody joins. Here's how we're useful on day one — and honest after.
Drivers mark what they see: fuel in stock, today's price, line length, whether a charger works. The simplest, fastest kind of report — just more fields than a bare yes-or-no.
OpenStreetMap gives us the base grid of stations and chargers. Open Charge Map adds a global EV registry. Real stations on the map before anyone opens the app.
Where a network exposes an API, we pull official prices and live port status directly — no crowdsourcing needed there.
The biggest failure mode of a crowdsourced map: driving somewhere based on a report that stopped being true hours ago. So every record carries three things — when it was reported, who reported it, and how many others agree.
A station confirmed four minutes ago by two drivers shows bright and confident. A six-hour-old, unconfirmed report fades — like a battery icon at 3% instead of 70%. No fine print required.
EXAMPLE RECORD — how one report becomes a trustworthy pin
A real location — pulled from OpenStreetMap, not typed by a driver.
What a driver reported paying, just now.
The freshness clock — the newer this is, the brighter the pin looks on the map.
Three other drivers saw the same thing — one report can be wrong, three agreeing rarely is.
The location is verified map data; the price and status are the part only a real visit can tell you.
| Category | Fields |
|---|---|
| Fuel | Availability per grade — petrol (AI-92/95/98 and local RON/octane equivalents), diesel (summer/winter), LPG, CNG |
| Pricing | Price per grade, local currency, timestamp of last update |
| EV charging | Connector standard (CCS, CHAdeMO, Type 2, NACS/Tesla, GB/T), rated power (kW), port count, live status, price per kWh |
| Conditions | Queue length, sale limits ("max 20L"), operating hours, accepted payment methods |
| Trust | Reviews, photos, reliability rating, data freshness, confirmation count |