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+package com.onthegomap.planetiler.examples;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import com.onthegomap.planetiler.FeatureCollector;
+import com.onthegomap.planetiler.TestUtils;
+import com.onthegomap.planetiler.config.Arguments;
+import com.onthegomap.planetiler.geo.GeoUtils;
+import com.onthegomap.planetiler.mbtiles.Mbtiles;
+import com.onthegomap.planetiler.reader.SimpleFeature;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
+import org.locationtech.jts.geom.Point;
+
+class GasStationsOverlayTest {
+
+
+  private final GasStationsOverlay profile = new GasStationsOverlay();
+
+  /**
+   * a test for basic gas station feature creation
+   * ive taken luxembourg as an example so the coords and gasstation nrand name etc are 
+   * in respect to that.
+   */
+  @Test
+  void testGasStationProcessing() {
+
+    var feature = SimpleFeature.createFakeOsmFeature(
+      TestUtils.newPoint(6.13, 49.61), 
+      Map.of(
+        "amenity", "fuel",
+        "brand", "Aral",
+        "name", "Aral Station",
+        "operator", "Aral Luxembourg",
+        "hgv", "yes",
+        "opening_hours", "24/7"
+      ),
+      null,
+      null,
+      1,
+      List.of()
+    );
+
+    List<FeatureCollector.Feature> results =
+      TestUtils.processSourceFeature(feature, profile);
+
+    assertEquals(1, results.size());
+
+    var result = results.getFirst();
+
+    assertEquals("gas_station", result.getLayer());
+    assertEquals("Aral Station", result.getAttrsAtZoom(12).get("name"));
+    assertEquals("Aral", result.getAttrsAtZoom(12).get("brand"));
+    assertEquals("Aral Luxembourg", result.getAttrsAtZoom(12).get("operator"));
+    assertEquals("yes", result.getAttrsAtZoom(12).get("hgv"));
+    assertEquals("24/7", result.getAttrsAtZoom(12).get("opening_hours"));
+    assertEquals(12, result.getMinZoom());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Test fallback: use brand when name is missing
+   */
+  @Test
+  void testBrandFallback() {
+
+    var feature = SimpleFeature.createFakeOsmFeature(
+      TestUtils.newPoint(6.10, 49.60),
+      Map.of(
+        "amenity", "fuel",
+        "brand", "Total"
+      ),
+      null,
+      null,
+      2,
+      List.of()
+    );
+
+    List<FeatureCollector.Feature> results =
+      TestUtils.processSourceFeature(feature, profile);
+
+    assertEquals(1, results.size());
+
+    var result = results.getFirst();
+
+    assertEquals("Total", result.getAttrsAtZoom(12).get("name"));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Test that non-fuel features are ignored
+   */
+  @Test
+  void testIgnoreNonFuel() {
+
+    var feature = SimpleFeature.createFakeOsmFeature(
+      TestUtils.newPoint(6.0, 49.5),
+      Map.of("amenity", "cafe"),
+      null,
+      null,
+      3,
+      List.of()
+    );
+
+    List<FeatureCollector.Feature> results =
+      TestUtils.processSourceFeature(feature, profile);
+
+    assertEquals(0, results.size());
+  }
+}
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