How Grab built GrabMaps by using data from drivers, users, and merchants in 500+ Southeast Asian cities, adding 800,000+ km of missing roads to OpenStreetMap
The super-app uses its own drivers and cameras to create hyperlocal maps in eight countries. — • JAKARTA, INDONESIA Mastodon: @sohkamyung@mstdn.io . X: @pitdesi and @anupkaphle . Forums: Hacker News Mastodon: Soh Kam Yung / @sohkamyung@mstdn.io : Nice. Grab contributes their mapping data to OpenStreetMap. — “The data from drivers, consumers, and merchants in more than 500 cities in Southeast Asia has helped add more than 800,000 kilometers of missing roads to OpenStreetMap, the open-source mapping platform, according to Grab. … X: Sheel Mohnot / @pitdesi : Emerging market challenges: Grab (Uber for SE Asia) had to deal with inaccurate maps and complex streets, leading to delays and upset customers. They created a custom-built camera for drivers that maps streets, and GrabMaps is now the provider for Bing, Amazon & others. [image] Anup Kaphle / @anupkaphle : Asian delivery giant Grab is using its 5 million drivers to create hyperlocal maps — and going after Google Michelle Anindya's reporting from Jakarta, with photos by Muhammad Fadli https://restofworld.org/... Forums: Hacker News : Grab built its own map in Southeast Asia, and is now going after Google