Maps feature request: Next gas station in traveling direction

Posted by ovatsug25 on Sunday July 06, 2014 @01:05PM
from the self-post dept.

HN readers on Google / Apple maps team, it would be very nice for your app to tell us what the next gas station if we kept going in our direction on the road. No new app needed for this (incremental improvement) but this would be great to have!

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Re:Maps feature request: Next gas station in traveling direc... by SpikedCola on Monday July 07, 2014 @02:34PM (#8000498)

While there are lots of apps to find nearby gas stations, I wish there was more information available on which stations have diesel.

I literally have to street-view every gas station, or make lots of phone calls, in order to find a diesel pump, especially when travelling through small towns. Granted, larger (highway) stops are pretty good for having diesel on account of the trucks they service.

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Re:Maps feature request: Next gas station in traveling direc... by xur17 on Sunday July 06, 2014 @04:04PM (#7995500)

I wish there was a way to search along the current route for all queries.

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Re:Maps feature request: Next gas station in traveling direc... by x1798DE on Sunday July 06, 2014 @06:21PM (#7996109)

This is my #1 biggest feature request for all map apps. I would also like to select a start and endpoint and search for anything along any of the possible routes. I need to go from X to Y but I'd like to stop for ice cream along the way back - what are the best routes that have ice cream shops near them, and which ice cream shops are they?

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Re:Maps feature request: Next gas station in traveling direc... by calbear81 on Sunday July 06, 2014 @11:34PM (#7996904)

Seems like Google Maps has this on Navigation Beta (https://support.google.com/gmm/answer/165392?hl=en)

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Re:Maps feature request: Next gas station in traveling direc... by dbg31415 on Monday July 07, 2014 @09:26AM (#7998668)

Already exists... and has for years.

http://www.gasbuddy.com/GasBuddyiPhoneApp.aspx

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Re:Maps feature request: Next gas station in traveling direc... by marckemil on Sunday July 06, 2014 @04:58PM (#7995707)

And a "pause" button, so it would stop yelling at you when you stop to get something to eat - gas - bathroom.

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Re:Maps feature request: Next gas station in traveling direc... by stouset on Sunday July 06, 2014 @05:10PM (#7995774)

Apple Maps does this. "Siri, find me a [gas station|in-n-out|RadioShack]."

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