Hivemapper: Decentralized map "dug out" by driving recorder

I believe that everyone will have a map software in their mobile phone, which can accurately collect geographic information and include various life scenes such as basic necessities of life, making our travel more convenient.

To achieve the accuracy of data often requires a large number of professional data collection personnel, surveying and mapping equipment, collection vehicles, etc., and repeated confirmation is also required in the process of collecting data. The whole process requires a lot of time, energy and money, so only well-funded Only leading companies can continue to develop and maintain well, such as Google, Ali and Baidu.

The emergence of data crowdsourcing has changed the monopoly status quo of this industry. Drivers or other people interested in collecting geographic information can install sensor hardware to collect road data and send it to the cloud for data fusion, and then improve the accuracy of the data through data aggregation to complete the production of high-precision maps.

Although this method allows as many people as possible to participate in data collection, it saves manpower and time. But companies should also reward data collectors to motivate them. In addition, the different quality standards of sensor hardware may also lead to problems such as poor data accuracy and low accuracy. This semi-decentralized approach cannot change the problems faced by the digital map industry.

The blockchain + map model may provide a new way of thinking for the industry.

Hivemapper is such a blockchain-based map network. It wants to create a decentralized global map that rewards contributors. Contributors can collect data by installing Hivemapper's driving recorder, and can earn local Token HONEY as a reward.

In Hivemapper's settings, its driving recorder is equivalent to a "mining machine". It integrates natively with the Hivemapper network through a seamless mobile app and puts maps on autopilot and uploads them automatically. Simply install the Hivemapper dashcam and mine HONEY token rewards while driving while collecting 4K street-level imagery and mapping the world.

HONEY tokens as rewards are built on Solana and the mined HONEY tokens will be available in the Hivemapper Web3 wallet. There are 10 billion HONEY tokens in total, and the fixed number of tokens will gradually decrease as mining progresses.

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Decentralized crypto map owned by contributors

The Hivemapper network is provided with raw data by map contributors, the chart below details the different types of map contributors and the type of work they do on the map network. Contributors are rewarded with HONEY tokens for completing work.

The encrypted map API drawn from the contributor's data will be used by companies or individuals in different industries, these people are called "map consumers". They need to burn HONEY tokens to obtain the API, and the burned tokens will be re-minted to increase the number of tokens rewarding contributors.

The diagram below explains the economic cycle between consumers and contributors.

The Hivemapper network mapped more than 1.67 million kilometers of roads in 10 months, covering 9 regional markets;also,

also,Hivemapper is not limited to street maps, the same network can collect and map other types of data, such as air pollution, wireless coverage quality, noise, weather, etc., and the use cases are much wider。This is where the potential imagination of this agreement lies.

Multicoin Capital, the representative of the capital, believes that Hivemapper is an agreement that uses encryption to motivate beyond the digital space to the physical realm, and it represents a fundamental change in the way maps are built.

Indeed, Hivemapper creates a new way to update maps more frequently and at a lower cost by introducing decentralized mapping networks and cryptocurrencies, perhaps opening a new chapter in the map economy. As Ariel Seidman, co-founder and CEO of Hivemapper puts it: "Community-owned maps are the only way to keep building a living, living, constantly updated view of the world."