Please note that this project aims to help as much as it can all the people over the world. It is an open source project and it will be always in free to use.
In the area where I live (Florence, Italy) it saves me (and other thousands people) a lot of time by selecting the best time to go at the supermarket. It could may be not too much accurate, but give it a chance.
- How do you get the data / waiting times?
- How can I submit a feedback for a place?
- Why use your map instead of Googling the place?
- Where your map will work?
- Is there an accessible version of the site?
- How can I save the map on my home screen? Why I can not download it from the App Store?
- Do you store any sensible data?
- Do you follow me with GPS?
- I activated the GPS but the map is still positioning in another area
- What are the button meaning?
- I can not find my place, how can I do?
- Are also grocery stores included? What are the place categories included?
- I still can not find my place, can you add it, please?
- I would like to submit a feature request, how can I do?
- I found a bug, how can I tell you?
- I would like to support you, how can I do it?
The data comes from Google, like Traffic for Maps, in real time. The data are also based on the data of the past week, to have a history (Google based), the time spent inside a place and the estimated waiting time to be able to complete the purchase. In the latest release the data are also crowdsourced via the user's feedback that anyone can give by clicking on the marker of a place on the map.
The waiting time is also based on the current popularity, a Google index that indicate how crowded is a specific place. This feature is not available for all places, but for the vast majority it is. By contextualizing these data, the estimated waiting times can still be reliable, since the calculations that are carried out on these data try to take into consideration the variables of the emergence such as social distancing, influx of people in closed places etc. The data is then divided into hours and weekdays.
A user have the possibility to give an estimate on the following hours. This feature will provide to the user a form where he can write his feedback on the wait time and based on these feedback also change the estimation. The website, by using this feature, will be more accurate.
All times are to be kept as estimates.
Please, note that sometimes a place can have a parking area or other stuff where the geolocation can make some mistakes. I can not detect where the people are, if they are people or car, how many people are in the line etc etc. The estimates are based on the data that come from Google with an additional formula to get an approx time to wait. This error can change from a place to another.
Also, please note that this map will be useful just for this emergency period.
You can submit your feedback by clicking on the marker positioned on the map. By doing this it will show up a modal where you can select the wait time and press a button to submit your important feedback.
This will be very useful to others user in your city, thank you.
Googling your grocery stores will tell you, in a normal condition, how much time it takes you to complete your shopping not the waiting time to enter in the shop. It will tell you the mean time spent inside a shop and the mean time to wait for pay.
In this page you can see the nearby stores and their respective wait times (estimated).
The map will work everywhere as long as there is Google data or, in the future, the user feedbacks.
I'm working on that. It is a main feature that I would like to provide. It is really important to me.
The map is a Progressive Web App and you can not download it from the App Store. You can install the PWA by click on the banner that will show up or by you can add it by clicking on "Add to homescreen" from your navigator (e.g. Chrome).
No, I did not save any personal information neither the geolocation data.
By activating the GPS on the page, I will not (and can not) track you. In anytime you can disallow the GPS permission. The page will also work without the geolocation.
The mobile geolocation may not work very well. In that case you can deactivate the GPS and search by address by clicking on the "search icon".
- Use 🔎 to search an address or a city
- Use 🛒 to search a place by its name and its address
- Use ❓ to send a feedback
You can search the place by cliking on the 🛒 icon and type your place name and your place address.
Yes, there are also grocery stores. The categories are: pharmacies, grocery store, wine store, wholesaler, supermarket, postal office... all the point of interest places.
I will develop a feature where you can add a shop if it not present. By now you can search by using the place search icon.
First of all, thank you. You can add a feature request by open an issue here
Thank for reporting to me. You can add the report by open a issue here.
You can donate or sponsor this project. You can also share this project on your social and give me your feedback! Thank you!