Add filter for new charging stations

[flyser]

Hi,
first of all thank you for creating this app! I use it a lot to check out charging stations in holiday destinations.
Sometimes I would like find out which new charging stations were built (or at least added to goingelectric) since I last visited some place. Would such a filter be possible?

Regards

[johan12345]

Hi, thanks a lot!

Currently, EVMap loads data directly from GoingElectric's server through their API, so for filters we pretty much have to rely on what GoingElectric provides. Currently, the date the station was added is not provided through the API, nor is it available as a filter. And the API Terms&Conditions prohibit us from using any information that is not provided through the API (e.g., through screenscraping).

We could potentially infer that station was recently added to GoingElectric through it's ID (GoingElectric's IDs seem to be sequential), but that would not give us the actual date it was added. Also, we would have to know the largest ID, which is only possible by first pre-loading all charging stations - and that again is prohibited by the Terms&Conditions, as it would cause an unnecessary load on the server.

With the new backend that I'm currently developing, this would become a bit easier, as the backend always operates on the full dataset of charging stations and could save the information when they have been added. But it will take a bit more time and work before we can use this as the primary data source for EVMap.