Launching at SoftBankWorld with Zenrin and Yahoo! JAPAN
We’re excited to be at SoftBankWorld in Tokyo this week, to launch Mapbox.jp and the start of operations in Japan with a new office opening in Tokyo, and to announce our partnerships with Zenrin and Yahoo! JAPAN.
We’re partnering with Zenrin, the leading provider of Japanese location data, to bring enhanced map data to its services in Japan. Zenrin has 70 years of experience mapping Japan, with data covering almost 100% of all Japanese roads and neighborhoods. Integrating Zenrin data into the living map platform will dramatically improve map coverage and will enable Mapbox to provide an extensive amount of real-time traffic and dynamic change detection in Japan. Every day these devices generate 14 billion anonymous, aggregated sensor readings that are used to deliver precise traffic data and update the map in near real-time.
We announced our collaboration with Yahoo! JAPAN to transform the Digital Experience of Maps in Japan. Yahoo! JAPAN offers more than 100 services — including search, news, weather, shopping and auctions — to smartphone and PC users. In the Japanese iOS app store, apps from Yahoo! JAPAN occupy three of the top five spots in navigation, two of the top five spots in weather, two of the top seven spots in news, and three of the top 50 spots overall. On Android, the company has five of the top 50 apps in the app store. Through this collaboration, Mapbox will power the maps across all of Yahoo! JAPAN’s mobile and online apps. With its living AI map continuously updated with data from 14 billion anonymous, aggregated sensor readings every day, Mapbox provides developers with the building blocks that enable a high degree of customization. The teams will work closely together to create new experiences tailored to the needs of Japanese users.
“As the most visited destination in Japan, we need to provide the best, most performant map to our users. Integrating with live location platform Mapbox will help us deliver new and customized features for our user base. We pride ourselves on making daily improvements to our services, and using live location from AI-powered, continuously updated maps will allow us to bring more tailored personalized products and experiences to users,”
- Keita Hakoda, Unit Manager of Yahoo JAPAN’s Local Services.
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Mapbox will be at SoftBank World on Thursday, July 18th and Friday, July 19th, at Booth #9 in the Exhibition Venue. Mapbox CEO Eric Gundersen will be speaking at the SoftBank keynote on July 19th during the Day 2 Keynote. Join us on Friday, July 19th at 2:10 as we demonstrate live location solutions for industries transforming consumer applications, automotive, logistics and ride-hailing, business intelligence, and telecom including 5G modeling.
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