Friday, February 3, 2017

Uber and Foursquare collab takes the guesswork out of locating your ride



finding your Uber motive force will be less of a headache quickly. Foursquare and Uber have partnered to integrate updated points of interest (POI) data on both services.

For Uber riders, this new partnership method your driver will recognize exactly wherein you're. No greater jaywalking throughout the street to get for your ride. It also means you will be capable of request a trip by way of looking up a venue as opposed to providing an cope with.

Foursquare already integrates with Uber, allowing users to request a trip immediately inside the Foursquare app. This new deal may not add new capabilities to Foursquare, but will assist to improve the accuracy of Foursquare's POI records.

As a pleasant perk, Uber for commercial enterprise will now be the special ridesharing service for Foursquare employees too.

past assisting drivers and passengers discover every different, the updated POI facts will also make Uber's different groups, like uberEATS and uberRUSH better.

"for instance, in case you're a driving force selecting up food for shipping, you would possibly naturally visit the front of the commercial enterprise but the order might be looking ahead to you at the back door. by customizing Foursquare's POI statistics, it will likely be easier for Uber drivers to become aware of the right pickup and dropoff locations in many one-of-a-kind conditions," says Uber.

Uber currently uses Google Maps for POI information and TomTom to electricity the navigation feature inside its app.

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