@Xrave Oh wow! That would be very helpful, although I will curious to know how one would obtain the data for a specific area if no one was driving it? Would they deploy drivers who already have LightCones?

@Compass Their dataset will get updated over time as more data is added, but yes at first it will be more limited based on the existing data from <60 LCs that are in the wild.

They just did another AMA today that probably discusses it but I haven’t had a chance to listen: https://x.com/i/spaces/1MnxnwDXRWjKO

But here is a transcript from the previous AMA that includes that above table: https://carnation-caution-df7.notion.site/2025-07-25-ROVR-AMA-Open-Dataset-23e4b5d1ea5e8060a7d0e6b5748df1bd?source=copy_link

@Xrave Thank you for taking the time to provide this to me. I will keep researching!

@Compass confirmed, they have a Japanese tier1 looking at their data with ESRI

Also they just started their github for the open dataset https://github.com/rovr-network/ROVR-Open-Dataset

@Xrave Thanks again very much for this info! If I may ask one more question? What is a “tier1”? Actually one more question - In your personal opinion, do you think the LightCone has future potential? I am on the fence about purchasing one.

@Compass tier1 is a term for companies in a supply chain that are one level down from the OEM, so the primary suppliers. No info shared about the tier1 company name or the OEM name that this data/product might go to.

As for buying an LC it really comes down to whether you drive enough, or know someone who can be a fleet driver and whose distances make it worth it after you do a split. Generally speaking the LC earns 10-13 points per km, so conservatively say 10 points, and token price is conservatively $0.009. So at $2600 including shipping that puts the ROI at ~29k km. For some people that is 2 years of driving. For other people less than a month.

For the LC itself, and Rovr overall, I’m bullish. I have 1 LC currently deployed with 2 more on order; for any kind of robotic/driving autonomy, all of those projects get ground truth data with lidar systems, and due to the nature of depin and the device itself it should mean that the data Rovr will eventually supply should be orders of magnitude cheaper than other market sources.

I think there are still a few devices left in this batch, which you have to buy direct from Rovr’s website since Helium Deploy doesn’t carry them, and this current batch comes with a 20k airdrop reward. Can also get a small 2.5% discount with code 2.5%OFF

https://shop.rovr.network/?ref=2.5OFF

@Xrave Thank again for explaining. I guess I should probably hold off….I don’t drive much at all….the idea would be for me to get clients that would pay me to drive areas for them (a Dept of Transportation, or Electrical Company, or an Emergency Management Agency). Then they could in theory, buy the data from ROVR, and pay me to process it for them into GIS data deliverables. I am going to check with a colleague in my local Transportation Department to see if there’s any interest, and go from there. Thank you again for taking the time to respond!