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Nearby Driver Proximity Service

System Design · Uber · Medium

Nearby Driver Search Medium · Topics · Company Tags · Hints Design a backend service that tracks the real-time positions of thousands of active drivers and answers proximity searches for riders. The system will ingest a continuous stream of (driver_id, latitude, longitude, timestamp, status) reports from each active driver roughly every four seconds. When a rider submits a location (latitude, longitude) and a search radius, the service must return all eligible drivers whose…

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