Explore a neighborhood with one scheduled search
Research a new area in a focused batch, with the cafes, transit, and services you care about surfaced together.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Text Search
Searches for places on google maps using a textual query (e.g., "restaurants in london", "eiffel tower").
Why this helps
Open-ended neighborhood research can sprawl across tabs and consume planning time.
- Turn area research into a bounded scheduled task.
- Search specific place types in a neighborhood you are considering.
- Keep the results in a single Notis run summary.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Seam and Google Maps to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Create a scheduled automation in the portal or ask Notis conversationally.
- 3Use one instruction to search Google Maps for the specific places you want to assess in your prospective neighborhood.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule and the channel for run reports.
- 5Test with one neighborhood and a real search query.
Questions about this workflow
Is Seam needed to identify the neighborhood?
No Seam trigger is available. Provide the neighborhood in your instruction or have an external service send it through a webhook instead.
Can I change the search categories?
Yes. Specify the categories and area in the plain-language prompt.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Seam to Google Maps. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Seam triggers
Google Maps actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Distance Matrix
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Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Geocoding, Reverse Geocoding, and Place ID Lookup
Deprecated: tool to convert addresses into geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude) and vice versa (reverse geocoding), or get an address for a place id. use for finding coordinates for an address, finding an address for coordinates, or looking up an address by its place id.
Get directions
Fetches detailed directions between an origin and a destination, supporting intermediate waypoints and various travel modes.
Get Route
Calculates one or more routes between two specified locations using various travel modes and preferences; addresses must be resolvable by google maps.
Embed Google Map
Tool to generate an embeddable google map url and html iframe code. use when you need to display a map (place, view, directions, street view, search) on a webpage without javascript.
Nearby search
Searches for places (e.g., restaurants, parks) within a specified circular area, with options to filter by place types and customize the returned fields and number of results.
Text Search
Searches for places on google maps using a textual query (e.g., "restaurants in london", "eiffel tower").
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Seam and Google Maps, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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