Help new Telegram members find local essentials
Give new members a quick starting point for nearby places they may need.
Trigger
New Chat Member
Triggered when a new member joins a group or supergroup the bot belongs to, including when the bot itself is added.
Action
Text Search
Searches for places on google maps using a textual query (e.g., "restaurants in london", "eiffel tower").
Why this helps
A new collaborator may need local context, while the team is busy and welcome details are easy to forget.
- Provide a consistent location-based welcome resource.
- Reduce repeated questions about nearby services.
- Help new collaborators orient themselves faster.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Telegram and Google Maps to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create the automation in the portal or ask Notis to build it conversationally.
- 3Write one instruction for searching useful nearby places when a new member joins.
- 4Select the Telegram new-chat-member trigger and choose where run reports should arrive.
- 5Test by adding a test member to the group.
Questions about this workflow
Does the bot need to be in the group?
Yes. The new-member event is for a group or supergroup the bot belongs to.
Can the search use a fixed office location?
Yes. Name the location and useful categories in the plain-language instruction.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Telegram to Google Maps. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Telegram triggers
Google Maps actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Distance Matrix
Calculates travel distance and time for a matrix of origins and destinations. supports different modes of transportation and options like departure/arrival times. use when needing to determine travel metrics between multiple points.
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.
New Message Received
Triggered when your bot receives a new message in a private chat, group, or supergroup. To receive every message in a group, Privacy Mode must be disabled for the bot in BotFather.
Get directions
Fetches detailed directions between an origin and a destination, supporting intermediate waypoints and various travel modes.
New Channel Post
Triggered when a new post is published to a channel where your bot is an administrator.
Get Route
Calculates one or more routes between two specified locations using various travel modes and preferences; addresses must be resolvable by google maps.
Callback Query Received
Triggered when a user taps an inline keyboard button attached to one of your bot's messages.
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.
Message Edited
Triggered when a message in a chat your bot can see is edited by its sender.
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.
New Chat Member
Triggered when a new member joins a group or supergroup the bot belongs to, including when the bot itself is added.
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.
Telegram and Google Maps, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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