StreetCred Labs, Inc. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: AF193-CSO1

Description

StreetCred is a marketplace to create and validate high-quality point-of-interest data for mapping, data science, and AR/VR applications. We work with commercial partners to create new or enhance existing data about places in a crowdsourced, game-oriented fashion. Users with local knowledge compete with other users for in-app incentives as they map nearby areas. Users create relevant data for geographic points of interest: name, location, photos, category, hours, website, phone number, and more. The platform allows specialized data collection in terms of attributes and geographic regions. For example, we can incentivize users to collect specialized imagery for certain business categories (like public buildings or restaurants), as well as specific areas. Partners indicate demand for specialized attributes and regions and receive a real-time data feed as crowdsourced data emerges. Global coverage is a key goal for StreetCred, and we have begun to localize the platform based on partner needs in Southeast Asia. We would like to continue to localize and expand data collection to more countries, and are seeking commercial and government partners who need better access to this key dataset. As we develop the marketplace, we are able to tailor it to the needs of our earliest partners.