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Data Collection for Last-Mile Navigation

Duration: 2023 – ongoing

Customer location: Worldwide

Coverage: 35 countries

Industry: Field Data Collection

Services: PII management (GDPR anonymization of all imagery) ● Pedestrian collection (POIs, visits, panoramas)

Key achievements:

750,000+ POIs surveyed

282 cities

84% of surveyors hired locally

The challenge

The client needed POI data collected across hundreds of cities on every continent, with a locally-sourced workforce to keep costs down. The real challenge was operational — spinning up compliant, well-trained field teams in new locations continuously, each with its own deadline.

Key challenges included:

Almost 300 cities all over the world

Most of surveyors must be hired in locations of interest
to minimize travel costs.

Strict 1-month deadline for each city

Must ensure rapid onboarding, training and strict adherence
to the collection process for each field worker

What we delivered

750,000+ POIs collected

Points of interest surveyed across hundreds of cities
in 35 countries — one of the most geographically diverse POI datasets collected by a single partner.

84%+ local hires

Field workers hired locally in each city, reducing travel costs while ensuring surveyors with genuine knowledge of the area were on the ground.

99.4% on-time delivery

Locations finished within their individual deadlines across cities on multiple continents, each running on its own timeline.

12% cost reduction

Achieved through process improvements Ralabs identified and implemented throughout the project.

Ongoing partnership

The project has been running continuously since mid-2023 —
a testament to the operational reliability of the surveyor network and partner infrastructure Ralabs built from scratch.

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