Rideshare Company Lyft Taps Bee Maps for Decentralized Mapping Data
Summary
Lyft has partnered with Bee Maps, utilizing its decentralized mapping platform built on Hivemapper infrastructure to enhance routing and navigation for its autonomous vehicle strategy. Bee Maps, which operates on Solana, uses a global network of contributors who upload street imagery via AI-powered dashcams, rewarding them with HONEY tokens. Lyft's partnership involves licensing mapping data without involving its drivers in data contribution. This move aligns with Lyft's ongoing investment in open-source mapping, aiming for more flexible, real-time systems. Terms of the partnership remain undisclosed.
