Tag: mapping
Mapbox Delivers Navigation Enhancements in Toyota and Lexus Vehicles
Maps can be updated immediately
Many vehicles roll off production lines with maps that often need updating the minute they are on the road—forcing owners...
BMW Selects HERE Technologies for Real-Time Traffic Information
BMW plans to use HERE Technologies as its provider of real-time traffic information for its drivers in more than 70 countries. As part of the multi-year agreement,...
Decentralized Mapmaker Hivemapper Raises $18 Million
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...
U.S. Justice Department Stepping Up Google Maps Probe
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...
Nvidia Launches Drive Map Platform
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...
Race to Digitize Building Maps
Artificial Intelligence mapping has made it possible to digitize complex buildings at scale as companies look to re-open workplaces in the wake of the...
Supply Chain Woes Haunt TomTom in Quarter Loss
Company believes supply chain shortages will continue to 2023
Citing continuing supply chain shortages, digital mapping company TomTom last week reported a larger-than-expected quarterly loss. For...
Ford Selects Telenav’s SmartHorizon
Telenav said that Ford has chosen the company’s SmartHorizon application to enable ADAS features in Ford vehicles in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. SmartHorizon offers Intelligent Speed...
HERE Technologies Makes Slew of Announcements at CES
HERE Technologies, appearing virtually as did most location industry companies, made a number of announcements at CES, centering on its HERE Navigation cloud-based navigation product for passenger cars,...
Autonomous Racecar Challenge To Be Held At CES 2022
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...