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Hivemapper reveals new Bee dashcam as its latest weapon against Google’s map dominance
Hivemapper has a new dashcam called the Bee, and says it mapped 8 million kilometers of roads faster four times faster than Google.
Hivemapper also hopes the camera will help it expand beyond its core customer base of ride-hail and delivery drivers to more owners of corporate fleets, potentially supercharging its ability to capture fresher, more valuable mapping data. The company has already made notable progress using data captured from its previous dashcam models mounted in the cars of thousands of ride-hail and delivery drivers. He says Hivemapper’s crowdsource community can “build up the kind of raw materials of mapmaking far, far faster.” Nelson says he expects that rate to accelerate as it works through a backorder list of more than 15,000 customers and starts shipping the Bee.
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