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ev-map / EVMap

Android app to find electric vehicle charging stations - compatible with community databases such as GoingElectric.de and OpenChargeMap.org.
https://ev-map.app/
MIT License
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Support for other countries, e.g. through OpenChargeMap #81

Closed Kreuger closed 3 years ago

Kreuger commented 3 years ago

Would it be possible to add support for other countries? As someone from Canada, I would love for this app to have support here. Maybe a way to change the API used for sourcing the chargers?

johan12345 commented 3 years ago

Hi! Sure, in principle that would be possible - would just need some additional abstraction in the code to convert the data from different APIs into a common format and an option in the settings to switch between the APIs. Would you like to work on a PR for this?

Do you know any good open data sources for chargers in Canada? For example, https://openchargemap.org/ might be an option, as their API is free to use.

Kreuger commented 3 years ago

Im not a coder so I dont know if I can help with a PR for this. But I will look into free APIs.

Edit: Heres a start. https://developer.nrel.gov/docs/transportation/alt-fuel-stations-v1/

johan12345 commented 3 years ago

Edit: Heres a start. https://developer.nrel.gov/docs/transportation/alt-fuel-stations-v1/

Hm, it looks like that API provides much less detailed information than we get for European chargers from GoingElectric.de (e.g. no information on the available power of the charger). And it can't be updated by the community if there is a charger missing or by adding more detailed descriptions and photos. OpenChargeMap seems to have some more data, and it seems like the charging stations listed there are also partially obtained from the NREL...

Kreuger commented 3 years ago

Fair enough. I havent looked at open charge map. There are a few apps available on the play store but most of them you have to request API access and I feel like that would either go against the FOSS principal and/or cost money.

roshavagarga commented 3 years ago

@johan12345 I'd also like to chip in. I have managed to find one general source for Bulgaria, but as far as I can see, it offers no way to get the data automatically. I'd be interested in inputting the data in a way that it's accessible and as far as I can see, that means adding it to goingelectric.de and chargeprice.app, but the former does not seem to have an English version and my German is, sadly, nonexistent. Any way I can contribute to something so you can make use of the info?

johan12345 commented 3 years ago

Yeah, unfortunately there is no english version of goingelectric.de, as far as I know. Regarding chargeprice.app, I think they are at least planning to support OpenChargeMap as a data source (as that is listed as one of the possible sources in their API docs). So I guess adding OpenChargeMap as an alternative source to EVMap as well would probably make sense.

Do you by any chance have any coding experience @roshavagarga, so you could help with the implementation of the OpenChargeMap API into EVMap? Of course, contributing information about the Bulgarian chargers on OpenChargeMap would then also make sense.

roshavagarga commented 3 years ago

Sadly, I'm not a dev in any way, just wanted to find out anything I could add information to (platform/website) that you could then use :) Hmm, since GE.de is German-only, that pretty much means there's no options I guess.

johan12345 commented 3 years ago

Small update: I have started to work on implementing OpenChargeMap as a data source for EVMap (so that one can switch between GoingElectric.de and OpenChargeMap in the app settings, see PR #96 ). It is already working quite well, the main thing that is still missing is support for filters.

Here is, for example, a screenshot of central Toronto, where GoingElectric has no chargers listed: Screenshot_1625312055

The real-time availability and price comparison features work with OpenChargeMap as well, at least for chargers in Europe. Other countries may not work if not supported by NewMotion and Chargeprice, respectively.

Cc @Kreuger , @roshavagarga

Kreuger commented 3 years ago

Wow thats awesome. Thank you!

johan12345 commented 3 years ago

I have just uploaded a new release with OpenChargeMap support to the beta channel on Google Play. You can register at https://play.google.com/apps/testing/net.vonforst.evmap to receive it after Google reviewed it (usually takes just a few hours). It will also be available on F-Droid as soon as their build server builds it, which can take a couple of days.

@Kreuger , @roshavagarga

Kreuger commented 3 years ago

Great, thanks for your work.

fhvyhjriur commented 2 years ago

Post https://github.com/johan12345/EVMap/issues/81#issuecomment-873394752 is a violation of the Google copyright. I recommend you to delete the picture to make sure, that you dont get issues. You should post screenshots of the app only with OpenStreetMap datasource to not violate google maps copyright.

johan12345 commented 2 years ago

@fhvyhjriur I don't think this is an issue in this case. It is a screenshot of EVMap for showing functionality of the app, not a screenshot directly taken from the Google Maps website. Numerous apps that use Google Maps data show screenshots on the Play Store or on their websites. Google also explicitly allows using imagery produced using their Maps APIs for advertisement.