"We essentially see ourselves as a Google Maps for communities," PamPam cofounder Helena Jaramillo told Business Insider.
The platform draws its data from Mapbox and Google Places.
"We used all these apps obviously to do that, Google Maps or getting lists or recommendations from friends, but it just never really felt right."
The team behind Zenly, which Snapchat acquired and morphed into its Snap Map feature, is building another new social map app called "Bump."
AdvertisementPamPam sees its creators as "community creators," Jaramillo explained.
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