Exit Google Maps. Enters Ola MapsOla exited Google Maps and shifted to Ola Maps on July 6. In a blog post, the company said that Ola Maps was better suited for Indian markets and would help in serving the local needs of the people. The company mentioned in a blog post, “Our reliance on western mapping providers, for whom India wasn’t a priority, severely limited our ability to implement these features.” While highlighting that western Maps fails to address challenges such as street names, urban changes, complex traffic, and non-standard roads, Agarwal mentioned that Ola Maps addresses these issues with AI-powered, India-specific algorithms. Ola Maps also uses real-time data from millions of vehicles, contributing significantly to open-source efforts with over 5 million edits last year, he added. This has allowed Ola Maps to outperform competitors in location accuracy, search accuracy, search latency, and ETA accuracy. In terms of data, the company claims that it uses diverse, real-time data from millions of vehicles, Ola S1’s 360 cameras, government sources, OpenStreetMap, partnerships, and proprietary sources to ensure accurate mapping. The company claims that its data system is built using crowd-sourced geo-mapping information. In March this year, the ride-hailing platform introduced Ola Maps with its upgraded EV software, Move OS 4. According to the firm, since Ola Maps was included in MoveOS 4, the usage of on-device navigation has increased fourfold, and it was chosen as MoveOS 4’s best feature in a recent survey. There is more.
sekar nallalu Corporate,Cryptocurrency,Explainers Ola Maps to Krutrim AI: A Look at The Company’s Move to In-House Platforms