At its annual I/O conference last week, Google Maps GOOG -0.39%↓ said it is introducing “Immersive View for Routes” in 15 cities worldwide. Immersive View for Routes, using computer vision and AI, fuses billions of Street View and aerial images to create a digital...
Mappedin Expands Strategic Indoor Mapping Initiatives and Scale with Microsoft
Indoor mapping company Mappedin has partnered with Microsoft MSFT 0.05%↑ as a Managed Solution Partner. As part of the deal, Mappedin will offer its Indoor Mapping Platform on Azure Marketplace, Microsoft 365, and Power Platform.
Mappedin’s Indoor Mapping Platform (Image: Mappedin).
Mappedin's platform integrates Azure...
Pointr is launching one of the world's largest single-site indoor location systems at the Reem Mall in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The indoor location system covers all public areas of the mall—some 2.3 million square feet.
The company, which partnered Dimension Data on the project,...
Porsche and Mobileye MBLY -0.89%↓have partnered to provide advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) solutions, including automated assistance and navigation capability in future sports cars. In these new Porsche models, Mobileye will provide its SuperVision technology platform.
Despite Porsche’s parent company Volkswagen, along with partner Ford F -0.17%↓ , pulling...
NUVIEW has announced that it is building the first commercial lidar satellite constellation to map the Earth’s land surface in 3D. The announcement, made at the Geospatial World Forum in Rotterdam, calls for a new constellation of 20 lidar satellites to map all of...
The satellite constellation will not have to rely on GPS to operate
Japan this week announced plans to increase the number of its navigation satellites from four to 11. The announcement, made by the country’s space policy committee, allows Japan to...
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Geotab Selected as Telematics Provider for the State of Minnesota
Geotab has been awarded a contract to sell telematics solutions to the state of Minnesota. Under...
Bluetooth trackers help find keys, luggage and other items, but they also have been used to track people who don’t want to be tracked…
Industry rivals Google GOOG -0.20%↓ and Apple AAPL -0.85%↓ announced this week that they are working together to battle unwanted location tracking. The plan...
Location technology will continue to be a centerpiece of burgeoning drone delivery markets. Signaling increased investor interest in the market, San Francisco-based Zipline recently received $330 million in a new funding round—to bring its value to nearly $4.2 billion, according to Forbes.
Zipline, which...
Parkopedia has expanded its partnership with Mercedes-Benz to include in-car parking reservations in the automaker’s latest MBUX infotainment systems for 5,000 locations in the United States. In addition, the company said that on-demand parking payments are available in 14 European countries.
The companies, which first...
