Notes from https://restofworld.org/2024/grab-google-maps-southeast-asia/ - Grab built its own map in Southeast Asia, and is now going after Google

• 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