Building a nonprofit volunteer matching tool by distance
A community nonprofit had hundreds of registered volunteers and dozens of ongoing needs, and no good way to match the two by anything other than a coordinator's memory of who lived where.
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Building a field service dispatch tool by distance
A home appliance repair company was assigning jobs to whichever technician happened to be free next, regardless of how far that technician actually had to drive to reach the customer.
Adding a "closest pickup point" map to an e-commerce site
An online retailer wanted to offer pickup locker delivery, but only if shoppers could actually find which locker was nearest without leaving the checkout page.
Building a "find my nearest branch" tool for a bank
A regional bank replaced a static list of forty branch addresses with a tool that ranks them by distance from wherever a customer happens to be.
Building a store finder that ranks by distance
A housewares chain replaced its alphabetical store list with a finder that ranks locations by actual distance from wherever a shopper is standing.