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Live global gas station inventory

Live global gas station inventory

by t819291·Mar 28, 2026·3 points·0 comments
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Live fuel levels from 4k exposed industrial sensors—basically FlightRadar24 for gas stations.

Strengths
  • •Real-time data from actual IoT sensors, not estimates or government reports.
  • •Delivery tracking reveals supply chain activity patterns across countries.
  • •Global coverage with breakdowns by country, brand, and fuel product type.
Weaknesses
  • •Only covers internet-accessible Veeder-Root systems, tiny fraction of global stations.
  • •No API for programmatic access or data export mentioned.
Category
Data
Target Audience

Energy analysts, supply chain professionals, journalists

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Post Description

My buddy wanted to build this for nearly a decade. The Iran situation finally pushed him to do it, and Claude made it easy enough to actually ship.

It tracks inventory levels and fuel deliveries from internet-accessible Veeder-Root gas stations (approx 4k globally).

You can browse aggregated levels by country, brand, and product, with geolocation and images via Google Places (where it can be resolved). Clicking into a site shows live inventory and delivery activity for that station.

It’s a little ugly, but useful for understanding current supply impacts.

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