Update gas prices in Germany automatically
Since August 1st 2013 all gas stations in Germany have to report their gas prices in realtime to the "Bundeskartellamt" an independent competition authority. These prices can be integrated into navigation clients. There are already a number of apps that make use of this important feature. Would be very helpful if that could be integrated into waze.
http://goo.gl/tE1R80
Guido Jurock
shared this idea
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Ferdinand Mütsch
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In Germany (and perhaps even whole Europe), every gas station is obliged to report their up-to-date gas prices to a federal agency (more details at https://www.bundeskartellamt.de/DE/Wirtschaftsbereiche/Mineral%C3%B6l/MTS-Kraftstoffe/Verbraucher/verbraucher_node.html), which is accessible through a multitude of service providers (including Tankerkönig [https://www.tankerkoenig.de/], which provides an easy-to-use REST API). It would be cool if these data could be integrated to Waze to show gas station prices.
I tried to write a script that inserts gas price data into Waze, but got blocked by the fact that, first, Waze doesn't show gas station prices in Germany at all (https://support.google.com/waze/thread/120160000?hl=en) and, second, there doesn't seem to be an API to report gas prices.
Would be cool if this could be addressed soon! I'd be happy to support.
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Markus Wiktorin
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Link in original post is not working anymore, this one works:
http://www.bundeskartellamt.de/EN/Economicsectors/MineralOil/MTU-Fuels/mtufuels_node.html
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Raúl García
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It´s not only for Germany. I think is an European Law. This link for Spain.
http://geoportalgasolineras.es/
I know this is social comunity and it´s important to share informataion, but this feature simplify a relevant information (cost!!!)