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 * welcome
   * Introduction
   * Explain Like I’m Five
   * Network Governance
      * Open Dashcam
   
   * Data Protection and Privacy
 * Contribute
   * Map With a Dashcam
      * Install a Hivemapper Dashcam
         * Install a Hivemapper Dashcam S
     
      * Connect Dashcam to App
      * Start Driving and Mapping
      * Upload Your Contributions
      * Authorized Resellers
      * Dashcam Accessories
      * Open Road
         * Open Road Season 1: Trailblazers
         * Open Road Season 2: Champions
            * Sign Up to Share Unique Partnership Opportunities
     
      * Driver FAQs
   
   * Map With a Phone
   * Train the Map AI
      * Speed Limit
      * Speed Type
      * Turn Restrictions - No Turns 1
      * Dashcam Mount
      * Confirm Attribute
      * Turn Restrictions - No Turns 2
      * Stop Sign
      * Traffic Light
      * Highway Exit Signs
      * Highway Exit Info
      * Position
      * Azimuth
      * Merge
      * Confirm Roadwork
      * Classify Roadwork
   
   * Manage a Fleet
      * Adding a New Driver
      * [PENDING] Promoting a Driver to Manager
      * Giving Access to Locked Dashcams
      * Token Splits
      * Access Control List
      * Hivemapper Fleet Resources
 * Use Map Data
   * Getting Started: Console
   * Map Data Structure
   * Map Image API
   * Map Features API
      * Turn Restriction Signs
      * Stop Signs
      * Highway Signs
      * Speed Limit Signs
      * Intersection Traffic Lights
   
   * Scout
      * Scout Hosted Service
      * Scout UI Library
   
   * Bursts
 * HONEY Token
   * What Is HONEY?
      * Token Restrictions
   
   * Earning HONEY
      * Reward Types
      * Global Map Progress
      * Individual Reward Factors
         * Map Tile Saturation
         * Usable Imagery
         * Clarity of View
     
      * Beware of Scam Airdrops

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INTRODUCTION

A global, decentralized mapping network for everyone.


Building a better map, together

Maps are one of the most important human inventions.

Ever since our ancestors started painting on cave walls, humans have used maps
to share what we learn about our world. Mapmaking technologies have rapidly
improved over the past few decades, making it easy for anyone with a smartphone
to learn about the world around them.

   

 * Billions of people around the world now use mapping apps every day.

   
   

 * Millions of businesses use and pay for maps and mapping APIs.

   
   

 * 1.5B vehicles are steadily adding automated driving features that require map
   data.

   

High-quality maps are crucial to the transportation and logistics industries, as
well as real estate, utilities, and government. Analysts estimate the mapping
industry has a market size of $200B to $300B, including mapping apps and APIs,
geospatial analytics, GIS, and map data collection.

Today's standard mapmaking techniques, such as deploying dedicated vehicles to
collect road-level imagery, are incredibly expensive. As a result, mapmaking is
consolidated among the few companies with the capital to map roads at global
scale. Even their maps lack the freshest data.

And yet, most roads are driven every day. In the United States alone, humans
drove 3.26 trillion miles in 2022, or 8.9 billion miles per day. So why can’t we
collect the map data as a community?

The Hivemapper Network, launched in November 2022, is an open, global, and
decentralized mapping network that uses AI to build a map from the driving we do
everyday. Thanks to its vibrant contributor community, the Hivemapper Network
collects millions of kilometers of road-level imagery every week.

THE PROBLEMS WE’RE SOLVING

    

 1. Uneven coverage and freshness - Typical methods of collecting map data are
    very expensive, so even the best-funded companies struggle to refresh maps
    at global scale.

    
    

 2. Fresher maps for autonomous and ADAS driving - Today's maps were made for
    humans. The maps required by autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles require
    far fresher data.

    
    

 3. Expensive for businesses - Millions of businesses pay to integrate maps into
    their products. With so few choices for reliable maps, monopoly pricing
    makes map data unaffordable.

    
    

 4. Today's maps don't understand the "why" - When cars start to travel at 10
    mph on a road they normally travel at 40 mph, modern maps don't know if this
    is due to road construction, a minor fender-bender or a severe crash that
    will take hours to clear. Even when a user reports an issue through an app,
    they cannot immediately trust the report without imagery.

    
    

 5. Data without rewards - Modern mapmaking relies on large amounts of
    user-generated data. Many mapmakers collect location data and imagery from
    users without compensating them. In many cases, these companies are not
    transparent about how user data is being used.

    

The design of the Hivemapper Network helps to address all problems.

HIVEMAPPER’S APPROACH

Hivemapper contributors can help build the map by collecting high-quality,
street-level imagery with dashcams. They can also play AI Trainer games to edit
the map and improve machine learning models.

In return for their efforts, contributors are rewarded with a digital token
called HONEY that can be redeemed to access map data. This model allows the
economic benefits of the global mapping network to be shared with the people who
build the map.

The Hivemapper Network is designed from the ground up to be:

   

 * Decentralized - This helps the Hivemapper Network to remain fair and open.
   Along with engaged members of the community, the Hivemapper Foundation will
   help maintain the decentralized mapping network and support an open-source
   ecosystem, including releasing source code and materials for hardware and
   software projects.

   
   

 * Permissionless - Anybody, anywhere can contribute to the Hivemapper Network
   or consume data from it, as long as they adhere to basic rules. They do not
   need permission to do so.

   
   

 * Rewards-based - Contributors to the global map receive HONEY, Hivemapper’s
   token, which allows them to share the economic benefits of map development.

   

The documentation in this repository is intended to help people learn how to
contribute to the mapping network and how to consume Hivemapper data. If you
can’t find what you need, feel free to join our Discord community or send the
development team an email at hi@hivemapper.com.

Thank you for being a part of the future of maps. Happy mapping!

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