{"id":26773,"date":"2025-05-14T15:17:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T15:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/lyft-taps-solanas-bee-maps-for-real-time-crowdsourced-mapping-upgrade\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T15:17:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T15:17:25","slug":"lyft-taps-solanas-bee-maps-for-real-time-crowdsourced-mapping-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=26773","title":{"rendered":"Lyft Taps Solana\u2019s Bee Maps for Real-Time, Crowdsourced Mapping Upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Bee Maps, a project on Hivemapper, one of the largest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/opinion\/2025\/04\/03\/not-a-meme-depin-can-take-crypto-mainstream\">decentralized physical infrastructure networks<\/a> (DePIN) focused on mapping data on Solana, shared Wednesday that it has teamed up with ride-hailing giant Lyft to provide them more accurate mapping data.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The move underscores the growing role of crowdsourced geospatial intelligence in the transportation industry, and signals that ride-sharing companies are turning towards this type of infrastructure for better maps.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Bee Maps allows drivers to contribute to mapping data using AI-enabled dash cams that automatically detect and update real-time changes on roads\u2014like construction zones or altered road signs\u2014helping keep digital maps current and accurate.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor mobility to actually work and for autonomy to become reality, maps can&#8217;t be an afterthought\u2014they need to be crowdsourced, live, accurate, and open,\u201d said Ariel Seidman, CEO and co-founder of Bee Maps, in a press release with CoinDesk. \u201cWe&#8217;re proud to arm a true innovator like Lyft with the constantly updated street-level spatial intelligence that enables their vision.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Bee Maps is part of the growing DePIN (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks) movement, which leverages blockchain incentives to crowdsource the development of real-world infrastructure. In Bee Maps\u2019 case, contributors earn crypto rewards for collecting street-level imagery using Hivemapper cameras. This data is processed with AI to extract important features\u2014like road signs, lane markings, and construction zones\u2014which are continuously updated on the platform.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The move between Lyft and Bee Maps comes as NATIX, another DePIN mapping project on Solana, shared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/tech\/2025\/05\/06\/solanas-natix-and-grab-team-up-to-expand-depin-mapping-into-us-europe\">it has teamed up with taxi service Grab<\/a>, to offer better mapping technologies.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/tech\/2025\/05\/06\/solanas-natix-and-grab-team-up-to-expand-depin-mapping-into-us-europe\">Solana\u2019s Natix and Grab Team Up to Expand DePIN Mapping Into U.S., Europe<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bee Maps, a project on Hivemapper, one of the largest decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePIN) focused on mapping data on Solana, shared Wednesday that it has teamed up with ride-hailing giant Lyft to provide them more accurate mapping data. The move underscores the growing role of crowdsourced geospatial intelligence in the transportation industry, and signals [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-26773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26773\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}