TomTom has expanded its agreement with Maxar Technologies to integrate high-resolution, global satellite imagery into its digital maps. The companies said that the partnership allows TomTom the capability to offer its clients a photorealistic map.
In addition, TomTom’s Automotive and Enterprise software...
Hivemapper, which offers a mapping network with a crypto-integrated dashcam, recently announced an $18 million Series A round led by Multicoin Capital with participation from Craft Ventures, Solana Capital, Shine Capital, and Spencer Rascoff’s 75 and Sunny Ventures.
Joining previous investors Spark Capital, Founder Collective, and Homebrew, the investors bring the...
Logistics Tracking Company Grew Revenue by 300 Percent in 2021
Boston-based Tive has announced a $54 million Series B round of funding. The supply chain and logistics tracking company, which has raised $80 million to date, investors include Qualcomm Ventures, Fifth Wall, SJF Ventures and Floating Point...
Utilimarc has partnered with Geotab to provide the fleet industry sustainability initiatives and operational efficiencies. Minneapolis-based Utilimarc, which is already Geotab’s largest telematics provider, is expanding to provide its solutions to municipal government fleets, the company said.
The combined solution will allow fleets with...
Rand McNally’s parent company TELEO Capitol strengthened its connected vehicle ambitions with this week’s acquisition of Australia-based Fleetsu. The parent company will merge Fleetsu with Rand McNally’s fleet business.
The merger will allow the companies to offer platform, data, and analytics...
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...
A new Consumer Watchdog report may ruffle feathers in the industry as it says that California is developing rules to battle consumer privacy issues from connected cars and location technology.
The new rules will be part of Prop 24—the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), which “should...
Monimoto has published a report detailing the challenges of using Apple's AirTag to secure a motorcycle versus a GPS-based tracking device such as its Monimoto 7. Monimoto, based in Vilnius, Lithuania, says that AirTag has recently been criticized for its use in stalking...
Company Says 300,000 Miles of Roads To Be Mapped by 2024
At its GTC conference last week, Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang launched Drive Map, a mapping platform tailored for self-driving cars that will map more than 300,000 miles of roads in North America, Europe...
Septentrio has launched three new products: mosaic-CLAS, AsteRx-m3 CLAS and AsteRx SB3 CLAS, which support Japan’s high-accuracy Centimeter Level Augmentation Service (CLAS), the company said. These multi-frequency GNSS receivers, developed with integrator CORE, support CLAS on a single device as they receive the L6 signal, which...