We're building self-hosted map, geocoding and routing infrastructure for Africa — data that stays where the people using it actually are.
Most global map platforms treat Africa as an afterthought — thin address coverage, routing that assumes numbered streets, and data that has to leave the continent to be useful. Latlens runs its own tile, geocoding and routing stack instead of reselling someone else's.
One region — Benin City, Edo State — is fully indexed today. We're expanding from there, not claiming coverage we don't have yet.
Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
Tiles, geocoding and routing run on infrastructure we operate — nothing routes through a US or EU platform by default.
Geocoding tuned on African address patterns — informal settlements, landmark-based directions, mixed-language place names.
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