Скачать или смотреть Building Maps That Scale, featuring Uber | Spatial Insider Webinar | NextBillion.ai

Naveen Veeravalli, Engineering Leader at Uber speaks to Gaurav Bubna, co-founder of NextBillion.ai about how Uber built maps for 10 billion+ rides at the Spatial Insider Webinar Series.
Listen to Naveen spill secrets about ETAs, surge charge and drone mapping!

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Contents of the video:

00:00 Introduction
02:56 What’s exciting about working on maps?
04:25 Role that maps play at Uber
06:50 Why big companies are investing in maps?
10:19 Problems that maps solved for Uber
12:43 Customization needs of different geographies
15:22 Why ETAs and Routing are critical?
18:10 Why Uber still uses Google Map Tiles?
19:30 Food delivery vs ride-hailing ETA strategy
21:08 Scale at which Uber operates
23:39 Interesting technical challenges
26:35 Surge pricing
28:19 Map tech investment — build, buy or hybrid?
31:10 Building on open source map tech
33:53 Drone delivery ETAs
35:50 Map interface adoption hurdles
38:16 Mapping walking paths & parking spots
40:20 Estimating the uncertainty of traffic
43:16 Why did Uber integrate navigation product inside the driver app?
45:00 How privacy regulations would affect mapping?
47:47 Closing comments

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NextBillion.ai is a map data + AI platform that helps enterprises manage location data and adopt an AI-first approach at scale for every use case and geography. The company enables enterprises to tackle highly complex location problems with the help of tailored mapping and routing solutions. NextBillion.ai offers map data management services, location tools and APIs to businesses in last-mile delivery, telematics, logistics, transport, food delivery, automotive, and ride-hailing/ride-sharing industries.

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