Automatic notification when new data sources are available

Purpose

1.1. Automate the process of notifying stakeholders or users whenever new mapping data sources become available in the mapping service, ensuring real-time awareness for efficient data-driven decisions.
1.2. Automatedly alert data managers, analysts, or clients on discoveries of new geospatial layers, APIs, or file drops affecting projects, automatedly streamlining data onboarding and validation for mapping solutions.
1.3. Automates repetitive manual data checks and communications, minimizing latency, human errors, and missed opportunities in professional mapping workflows.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Automated trigger on upload or registration of a new data source in a database or cloud storage.
2.2. Automate based on webhook/event signals from data provider APIs when a dataset status shifts to 'available.'
2.3. Automate polling of FTP/SFTP folders for new file ingestion events.
2.4. Automates detection based on metadata or data catalog changes (e.g., new entry in an ArcGIS or QGIS repository).

Platform variants

3.1. Twilio SMS
• Feature: Messaging API
• Setting: Automate SMS send using POST /Messages with webhook from new dataset event

3.2. SendGrid
• Feature: Mail Send API
• Setting: Automate email alerts using /mail/send endpoint tied to data source update webhook

3.3. Slack
• Feature: Incoming Webhooks
• Setting: Automate channel notification through JSON payload on new data detected

3.4. Microsoft Teams
• Feature: Incoming webhook
• Setting: Automate card/post to channel with new data source details

3.5. Google Workspace Gmail
• Feature: Gmail API message creation
• Setting: Automate send automated message with dataset info on new events

3.6. Discord
• Feature: Webhook
• Setting: Automate bot post to mapped channel from data source event

3.7. AWS SNS
• Feature: Topic Publish
• Setting: Automate publish to topic with data source metadata on object creation

3.8. Microsoft Outlook
• Feature: Outlook REST API - sendMail
• Setting: Automate email dispatch on dataset registration

3.9. PagerDuty
• Feature: Events API
• Setting: Automate alert trigger with custom payload on new data source available

3.10. ServiceNow
• Feature: Scripted REST API
• Setting: Automate incident/notification creation for new dataset discovery

3.11. Trello
• Feature: Cards API
• Setting: Automate creation of notification card on new mapping data arrival

3.12. Jira
• Feature: Issue creation API
• Setting: Automate issue ticket generated for dataset review upon upload

3.13. Asana
• Feature: Task creation endpoint
• Setting: Automate task with mapping dataset action item on event

3.14. Google Chat
• Feature: Incoming webhook
• Setting: Automate message in space with new data details

3.15. Mailgun
• Feature: Messages API
• Setting: Automate outbound email with event metadata on detection

3.16. HubSpot
• Feature: Workflow automation trigger
• Setting: Automate contact/company notification or internal alert

3.17. Salesforce
• Feature: Process Builder/Flow
• Setting: Automate internal notification to mapped users on custom object event

3.18. Pushover
• Feature: Messages API
• Setting: Automate push notification for power users on new mapping layer

3.19. Mattermost
• Feature: Incoming webhooks
• Setting: Automate channel post with new mapping dataset details

3.20. Basecamp
• Feature: Message API
• Setting: Automate team notification for dataset readiness

3.21. Monday.com
• Feature: Item/create API
• Setting: Automate creation of board item under ‘New Data Available’ stack

3.22. Workplace by Meta
• Feature: Webhook API
• Setting: Automate group post alert on new mapping resource detected

3.23. WhatsApp Business API
• Feature: Send message endpoint
• Setting: Automate group or direct user notification with dataset information

3.24. Google Calendar
• Feature: Events API
• Setting: Automate entry with dataset review/meeting on availability

3.25. Telegram
• Feature: Bot API — sendMessage
• Setting: Automate alert to group or channel for geodata update.

Benefits

4.1. Automates early and reliable notification, driving rapid project progress.
4.2. Facilitates automator-driven collaboration by keeping all parties informed of mapping data status.
4.3. Removes manual monitoring, enabling scalable, automatable mapping operations.
4.4. Supports automated regulatory or SLAs compliance with traceable notification logs.
4.5. Automating these alerts increases organizational agility and responsiveness in geo services.