Built my own nearest EV Charger Map

[martinkgray]

Hello, I have been using my EV for about 6 months. Its a Cupra Born and i like it. What i dont like is that it takes me ages to find my closest charger. I used ZapMap but found it information overload. Instead i built my own for a Claude project that just shows the closest 8. chargers

It has no adverts, no app, no sign up required - just uses public available information.
https://wattsnearby.uk

Go easy as i'm no developer but I would welcome any feedback.
Thanks

Martin

[gmaz]

Looks good, my suggestions

1. Save filter preferences using a cookie
2. Add network logos to the list

[martinkgray]

Thank you for the prompt feedback. That's 2 great ideas!

[Dazdot]

It misses three different charge stations from my postcode. ST14, Uttoxeter.
One in Aldi, one in Lidl and a dozen fast chargers at Starbucks.

[paradigital]

Misses loads here too. Mostly Shell Recharge and BP Pulse.

[127Sport]

paradigital said:

Misses loads here too. Mostly Shell Recharge and BP Pulse.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

[martinkgray]

Yes I've noticed that. I think anything built within the past year or so is not on the Open charge map. https://openchargemap.org/
I may have to find additional free sources to add them in.
Appreciate the quick feedback though.

[paradigital]

127Sport said:

You say that like it's a bad thing.

I can count on one hand the amount of times I’ve charged away from home, and all of those times have been on a Tesla Supercharger as it’s far easier to just allow the car to work out when and where to charge.

But as this service seems to be aimed at people who seem to be unable to find chargers (god knows how?), not showing the local ones because they are a certain network seems… backwards.

[PetrolHeadInRecovery]

This reminded me that the Swiss government provides real-time charging station data as an open data product:

https://github.com/SFOE/ichtankestrom_Documentatio...

Commercial use requires permission, but I would imagine they would be very happy to be able to tell that an application developed in the UK can be listed as a user.

Background (including a contact email): https://opendata.swiss/en/dataset/ladestationen-fu...

[127Sport]

paradigital said:

127Sport said:

You say that like it's a bad thing.

I can count on one hand the amount of times I ve charged away from home, and all of those times have been on a Tesla Supercharger as it s far easier to just allow the car to work out when and where to charge.

But as this service seems to be aimed at people who seem to be unable to find chargers (god knows how?), not showing the local ones because they are a certain network seems backwards.

My comment was just a mild joke on the well known reliability issues of those 2 particular networks. I usually tell my routing app to ignore them anyway, so having that built into this chap's map seems like a clever move to me.

[martinkgray]

So ive made some updates, added a few more charging networks to the mix and added the price and more importantly when it was last updated.
I have even ventured over to mapping fuel stations too. Its just a bit of fun, a hobby but I think its interesting how much you can create in a short space of time. Once again any feedback welcome.

https://wattsnearby.uk/

https://fuelnearby.uk/

[Bendo]

Still missing sites, where is the shell recharge at Aldi Paignton?

[_kitt_]

I imagine it is quite useful for non-Tesla owners on road trip, though don't know as haven't owned a non-Tesla EV yet.

[nismocat]

Senior interaction designer. Hmm.

That’s a new one.

I like it but it seems to jump about a bit but maybe that’s just because it’s my first go.

[martinkgray]

Senior Interaction Designer (https://deliver-good-services.education.gov.uk/guidance/job-specifications/senior-interaction-designer)

[nismocat]

martinkgray said:

Senior Interaction Designer (https://deliver-good-services.education.gov.uk/guidance/job-specifications/senior-interaction-designer)

At least create a linky if you’re quoting. Fail.

Thanks, I can use Google though.

[Strocky]

Showing certain EV suppliers as free which they aren't
Mainly Government funded or Local Authority locations