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Maps and map software 2 companies
A map is a dataset, gathered from satellites, aircraft, cars and surveyors and updated all the time. These companies make maps for cars and companies, and the software for planning with maps.
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Location data for one industry 4 companies
Each of these companies sells data about places to one kind of buyer: mines and builders, retailers, insurers and telecom companies.
AEREOAEREO, a Bengaluru company, flies drones over mines, building sites and villages, and turns the images into surveys, such as how much material has been dug out of a mine.Bengaluru
PropheusPropheus, run from California with engineers in Bengaluru, sells a detailed digital picture of places, which retailers use to decide where to open a shop.
EagleviewEagleview flies aircraft over American cities and takes images detailed enough to measure a roof. It sells these measurements to insurers and builders.See alsoConstruction tech
Lepton SoftwareLepton Software, with engineers in Delhi, makes software that plans a mobile or fibre network on a map, and keeps a record of every tower and cable.See alsoTelecom equipment and operatorsHow it all worksGeospatial dataThe map that nearly all other data joins to.
See how it works →What's changing
Maps are starting to update themselves.
Maps used to be updated by survey teams and fleets of camera cars. Now cameras in ordinary cars, drones and satellite images feed AI models that spot a new road or a closed lane, so maps can be updated within days instead of months.
Companies: ingrid's company map. Hiring signals: postings feed of 5 Nov 2026.