The alleys in South Jakarta are sometimes just 1 meter wide
super-app Grab
Grab
Singapore based
5 million drivers
Navigation platforms such as Google Maps and Here
Sriram Iyer, product head at Grab
hyperlocal landmarks
GrabMaps
began as a tool for internal use in 2017
became Grab app's primary navigation tool in 2022
KartaCam, a camera that Grab designed and built for mapping
KartaDashcam for cars, a front-facing camera that can be attached to a car’s rear-view mirror to record street conditions in real time
receives over 800 billion
API requests in a month
provides data to Bing and Amazon Location Service in Southeast Asia
OpenStreetMap - the open-source mapping platform
Grab’s hyperlocal focus sets it apart from the more car-centric Google Maps and Here
companies that are building their own maps - Grab, Alibaba’s Amap, Baidu Maps, Ola Maps
Baidu Maps are used by Tesla and Huawei
Ola Maps is built on OpenStreetMap
ride-hailing company Bolt
Address verification company Loqate
China’s tightly regulated market favors domestic mapping companies