Design Ride Sharing Application

Problem Statement

Design Ride-Sharing Service

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Design A Ride Sharing App like Uber

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Create a ride-sharing service like Uber with real-time matching and GPS tracking.

Full Question:

Design a ride-sharing service similar to Uber with the following features:

Core Requirements:

• Driver and rider registration and profile management.
• Real-time ride matching.
• Real-time GPS tracking of drivers and navigation for trips.
• Fare calculation and payment processing.
• Rating and review system.
• Trip history and receipts.

Scale Requirements:

• 100 million users (riders and drivers).
• 10 million rides per day.
• Real-time location updates every 3-5 seconds.
• 99.9% availability.
• Sub-second matching response time.

Additional Considerations:

• How would you efficiently match drivers and riders in a geographic area? (Geospatial indexing).
• How would you handle surge pricing based on supply and demand?
• How would you design the system to calculate and update ETAs in real-time?
• What communication protocol would you use for real-time location updates?