Lyft has teamed up with Bee Maps, a decentralized mapping platform powered by Hivemapper, to enhance its navigation and autonomous vehicle initiatives. The partnership, which began in 2024, focuses on licensing real-time, crowdsourced mapping data without involving Lyft drivers directly.
- Lyft licenses decentralized mapping data from Bee Maps, powered by Hivemapper’s crypto-incentivized network on Solana.
- Bee Maps rewards contributors with HONEY tokens for uploading street imagery via AI dashcams, but Lyft drivers are not involved.
- The partnership supports Lyft’s autonomous vehicle expansion and real-time navigation, moving away from legacy mapping providers.
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