The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) recently announced that Energy Systems Network, the organizer of the Indy Autonomous Challenge, will host a head-to-head, high-speed autonomous racecar passing competition at CES 2022. The Autonomous Challenge @ CES will take place at...
Both teams in this year’s NFL Super Bowl are Boston-based Catapult clients— who use its Catapult Vector to measure player performance. The Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals use the Catapult Vector, a wearable product that provides teams with performance data.
Catapult Vector uses GPS and LPS tracking technology,...
Verizon has acquired Senion—expanding the company’s precise positioning offerings to include indoor wayfinding and geofencing, among other features.
Senion’s indoor positioning platform offers machine-learning fusion technology to deliver sub-meter accuracy for precise position and navigation of indoor areas, the company said. ...
Company Integrates Latest Navigation Technology
Saying that vehicle software development can be slow and expensive, Dutch mapmaker TomTom has announced its TomTom IndiGO, an open digital cockpit software platform for automakers.
The platform, launched this week in a splashy video...
All of Hyundai Motor Group’s European vehicle lineup will have TomTom maps and real-time traffic data. The deal, announced late last week, is potentially a huge one as millions of HMG vehicles, including all Hyundai and Kia cars, will come equipped with TomTom maps and traffic information as a...
Probe originated in late 2020
The U.S. Justice Department is stepping up a Google Maps probe to see if the company is promoting monopolistic practices in its mapping business that hampers third-party apps.
According to published reports, DoJ is looking whether Google’s Android Automotive, which requires...
Deal Could Be Worth $2 Billion
Mapbox is in discussions to go public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that will be backed by SoftBank Group Corp. , according to Sky News.
Mapbox, which is a Softbank Vision Fund portfolio company, is talking with SVF Investment Corp. 3...
Toyota subsidiary Woven Planet Holdings has acquired CARMERA to roll it into its Automated Mapping Platform (AMP) organization. CARMERA, which specializes in road intelligence and automated mobility, will allow AMP to shift from an R&D stage to commercialization by boosting the development of HD maps,...
OneNav said it averaged six times better accuracy than “a leading Android smartwatch” in recent side-by-side test results that compared its pureL5 GNSS receiver customer evaluation system.
The company said it used only GNSS measurements in the tests, which were conducted in a...
Says Indoor Positioning Market Will Grow...
Saying that its new indoor positioning software will improve operational efficiency and safety, Esri, has launched ArcGIS IPS—a product that it says will enable organizations to add indoor location services across their facilities and campuses.
Esri says...
