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Hivemapper

Hivemapper (Bee Maps) is a decentralized mapping network that turns a planetary-scale fleet of purpose-built "Bee" dashcams into fresh, structured, queryable street-level data. Contributors passively collect imagery while driving and earn HONEY tokens on Solana; the data is processed through on-device and cloud ML pipelines and delivered to developers as REST APIs. The Bee Maps Developer API offers a Street-Level Imagery API, a Map Features API (ML-detected signs, hydrants, lane lines and more), an AI Event Videos API (harsh braking, swerving, violations with synchronized sensor data), and Burst on-demand mapping, plus Edge AI for deploying custom ML workloads to cameras. Enterprise customers include HERE Technologies, Lyft, Mapbox, and Volkswagen. Billing is consumption-based (API credits plus per-view metering).

Hivemapper publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Account API, AI Events API, Bursts API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Company, Logistics, Mapping, Geospatial, and Imagery.

Hivemapper’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, pricing, signup flow, engineering blog, support, and 18 more developer resources.

36.9/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 19/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
5 APIs 1 MCP Servers
CompanyLogisticsMappingGeospatialImageryLocationStreet ViewMobilityMachine-LearningWeb3

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.
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APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Hivemapper Account API

Devices, calibration, and query history.

Hivemapper AI Events API

AI-detected driving event videos with synchronized sensor data.

Hivemapper Bursts API

On-demand incentivized mapping requests.

Hivemapper Imagery API

Street-level dashcam imagery queries.

Hivemapper Map Features API

ML-detected road objects and features.

Open Collections 6

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Hivemapper MCP Server

Bee Maps exposes an MCP Streamable HTTP endpoint on the Developer API that accepts JSON-RPC messages. Authentication is via the apiKey parameter (the same API key used for the R...

MCP SERVER

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Hivemapper Authentication

http/apiKey · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Hivemapper Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: hivemapper
name: Hivemapper
description: Hivemapper (Bee Maps) is a decentralized mapping network that turns a planetary-scale fleet of purpose-built
  "Bee" dashcams into fresh, structured, queryable street-level data. Contributors passively collect imagery while driving
  and earn HONEY tokens on Solana; the data is processed through on-device and cloud ML pipelines and delivered to developers
  as REST APIs. The Bee Maps Developer API offers a Street-Level Imagery API, a Map Features API (ML-detected signs, hydrants,
  lane lines and more), an AI Event Videos API (harsh braking, swerving, violations with synchronized sensor data), and Burst
  on-demand mapping, plus Edge AI for deploying custom ML workloads to cameras. Enterprise customers include HERE Technologies,
  Lyft, Mapbox, and Volkswagen. Billing is consumption-based (API credits plus per-view metering).
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - security
  - sandbox
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://hivemapper.com/favicon.ico
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/hivemapper/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- homebrew
- multicoin-capital
x-tier: enriched
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Logistics
- Mapping
- Geospatial
- Imagery
- Location
- Street View
- Mobility
- Machine-Learning
- Web3
tags_raw:
- Company
- Logistics
- Mapping
- Geospatial
- Imagery
- Location
- Street View
- Mobility
- Machine Learning
- Web3
apis:
- aid: hivemapper:hivemapper-account-api
  name: Hivemapper Account API
  description: Devices, calibration, and query history.
  humanURL: https://docs.beemaps.com/api-reference
  baseURL: https://beemaps.com/api/developer
  tags:
  - Account
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hivemapper-account-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/hivemapper-authentication.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/hivemapper-problem-types.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/hivemapper-conventions.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/hivemapper-data-model.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/hivemapper-conformance.yml
  - type: Lifecycle
    url: lifecycle/hivemapper-lifecycle.yml
- aid: hivemapper:hivemapper-ai-events-api
  name: Hivemapper AI Events API
  description: AI-detected driving event videos with synchronized sensor data.
  humanURL: https://docs.beemaps.com/api-reference
  baseURL: https://beemaps.com/api/developer
  tags:
  - AI Events
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hivemapper-ai-events-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/hivemapper-authentication.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/hivemapper-problem-types.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/hivemapper-conventions.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/hivemapper-data-model.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/hivemapper-conformance.yml
  - type: Lifecycle
    url: lifecycle/hivemapper-lifecycle.yml
- aid: hivemapper:hivemapper-bursts-api
  name: Hivemapper Bursts API
  description: On-demand incentivized mapping requests.
  humanURL: https://docs.beemaps.com/api-reference
  baseURL: https://beemaps.com/api/developer
  tags:
  - Bursts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hivemapper-bursts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/hivemapper-authentication.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/hivemapper-problem-types.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/hivemapper-conventions.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/hivemapper-data-model.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/hivemapper-conformance.yml
  - type: Lifecycle
    url: lifecycle/hivemapper-lifecycle.yml
- aid: hivemapper:hivemapper-imagery-api
  name: Hivemapper Imagery API
  description: Street-level dashcam imagery queries.
  humanURL: https://docs.beemaps.com/api-reference
  baseURL: https://beemaps.com/api/developer
  tags:
  - Imagery
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hivemapper-imagery-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/hivemapper-authentication.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/hivemapper-problem-types.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/hivemapper-conventions.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/hivemapper-data-model.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/hivemapper-conformance.yml
  - type: Lifecycle
    url: lifecycle/hivemapper-lifecycle.yml
- aid: hivemapper:hivemapper-map-features-api
  name: Hivemapper Map Features API
  description: ML-detected road objects and features.
  humanURL: https://docs.beemaps.com/api-reference
  baseURL: https://beemaps.com/api/developer
  tags:
  - Map Features
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/hivemapper-map-features-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/hivemapper-authentication.yml
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: errors/hivemapper-problem-types.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/hivemapper-conventions.yml
  - type: DataModel
    url: data-model/hivemapper-data-model.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/hivemapper-conformance.yml
  - type: Lifecycle
    url: lifecycle/hivemapper-lifecycle.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/hivemapper-beemaps-overlay.yaml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/hivemapper-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://hivemapper.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://beemaps.com/developers
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.beemaps.com
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.beemaps.com/api-reference
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.beemaps.com/platform/road-intelligence-api
- type: Pricing
  url: https://beemaps.com/pricing
- type: SignUp
  url: https://beemaps.com/login
- type: Blog
  url: https://beemaps.com/blog
- type: Support
  url: https://beemaps.com/contact
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://hivemapper.com/tos
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://hivemapper.com/privacy/privacy-policy
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Hivemapper
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/hivemapper-sandbox.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/hivemapper-cli.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/hivemapper-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/hivemapper-llms.txt
- type: Packages
  url: packages/hivemapper-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/hivemapper-packages.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/hivemapper-well-known.yml
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/TryBeeMaps
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bee-maps
- type: Discord
  url: https://discord.com/invite/FRWMKyy5v2
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence

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