Behind Grab’s efforts to map Southeast Asia

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I’m pretty good at getting lost, especially when I’m in an unfamiliar place, and I would be absolutely useless without Google Maps, which has helped me navigate many different cities around the world, from London to Taipei and even my native Singapore. Still, I’ll admit that Google Maps isn’t great in many parts of Southeast Asia, especially places that aren’t major metropolitan cities. It can’t quite capture the quirks of the region, with our narrow alleyways and side streets on top of our inconsistent address systems. Fortunately, it seems that Grab seems to have figured out how to deal with these issues in its efforts to map Southeast Asia. In today’s premium story (well, technically it’s a premium video), the super app’s chief product officer shares more about the firm’s mapping platform. -- Stefanie  ---------------------------------------------------------------  THE BIG STORY [How Grab cracked the ‘very crazy’ project of mapping SEA]( Mapping Southeast Asia appeared to have exorbitant costs. But Grab found a way to get it done. --------------------------------------------------------------- TRENDING NEWS [Byju’s auditor Deloitte quits over long-delayed financial statements]( The edtech giant has appointed BDO (MSKA & Associates) as its statutory auditors for the next five years. [ShopBack triples revenue in 2022, operating losses widen 72%]( Cost of sales was the largest contributor to the company's operating losses, rising around 4.5x year on year to US$94.5 million. 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