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by sbinnee 88 days ago
I also have been brewing a similar idea only in my head. But mine is for the local Korean market. Google maps is simply not reliable. Korean people rely on Naver map or Kakao map, who do not even provide APIs. Users are locked up with these local services. They may launch their own mediocre AIs to help the search, who knows in a few years. But then it's going to be too late. I think they should just open up APIs and let developers explore.

What is worse is a huge number of tourists should also use these local services whose translation is not in place. Soon enough, people will ask their AI assistants which restaurants to try out when they plan a visit to Korea. I can see that there is huge opportunity here. Kudos to Voygr team. Fingers crossed.

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That is a very interesting insight and thanks for sharing it. We realize that some countries might be having poor maps data, and that example is very helpful - we will take a look
I looked for their APIs not long time ago, which I said non-existent. If you'd like to work with me, I am open to work. If you simply want to talk to me, just drop me an email. I will also checkout your dev tool if I can apply it here.