Gebeta Maps
Gebeta Maps provides a unified location technology platform with six APIs—including geocoding, directions, matrix, and route optimization—delivered through a single key. The platform is built on local African data, with geocoding responses in about 20 ms and directions in under 400 ms, serving businesses and developers across Ethiopia and Djibouti.
- Mobility & Transportation
- Logistics & Supply Chain
- Developer Tools
- Software Only
- Artificial Intelligence
- Data & Analytics
Funding
Founders
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Product
Problem
Businesses and developers often struggle to integrate reliable location services such as geocoding, routing, and route optimization into their applications. Many existing solutions are fragmented, requiring multiple vendors, or lack the advanced features needed for efficient multi-stop logistics and navigation, leading to increased development time and operational costs.
Solution
Gebeta Maps offers a comprehensive, all-in-one location technology platform through a unified API designed for high performance and easy implementation. The solution provides geocoding, directions, matrix, and tile services, with a standout feature being smart route optimization and one-to-many (ONM) routing. This allows users to generate the most efficient road-based paths from a single point to multiple destinations, streamlining navigation for web and mobile applications. The platform is built on local African data, ensuring that landmarks, businesses, and neighborhoods are named the way they are signposted. The platform is designed to scale with businesses, from startups to enterprises, supporting use cases like delivery management, logistics planning, and location-based advertising.
Target Audience
Primary customers are businesses, developers, and logistics providers in Ethiopia and Djibouti, ranging from startups to enterprises, that need reliable location services for navigation, route planning, and delivery management.
Features
- Six location APIs on one key: vector tiles, geocoding, directions, matrix, route optimization, and SDKs
- Smart route optimization that calculates the most efficient order for up to ten stops in a single request
- One-to-many (ONM) routing that computes real road distances from one origin to multiple destinations, accounting for terrain and road networks
- Geocoding responses in approximately 20 ms, with ranked results and reverse geocoding support
- Directions API returns full route geometry, distance, time, and turn-by-turn instructions in under 400 ms
- IP-based access control (Access Block) that lets users whitelist or block specific IP addresses for API key security
- Drop-in SDKs for JavaScript, React, React Native, and Node.js with authentication handled automatically
- Vector tiles with standard, satellite, and terrain styles, switchable at runtime and rendered with MapLibre