HERE, Vodafone and Porsche partner on real-time warning system

HERE Technologies, Vodafone and Porsche have announced a feasibility study on road traffic safety. The three global companies say they are working together to trial how 5G technology and highly precise location determination can improve traffic safety and reduce the number of road accidents in the future. The three companies are collaborating in the development […]

HERE and Tata team up on real-time, location-based innovation

The location data and technology platform HERE Technologies is partnering with IT services company Tata Consultancy Services to deliver real-time location-based services and analytics to its IoT-enabled SaaS suite, TCS DigiFleet™. Powered by the HERE location platform, the enhanced fleet and freight management solution will enable TCS to provide its customers with up-to-date map visualisation, […]

Amazon launches location rival to Google

Amazon’s web services division has launched a new service which it says will make it easier and more cost-effective for customers to add location functionality to their applications “without compromising on user privacy or data security”. Amazon Location Service allows customers to embed location functionality in their applications using data from Esri and HERE Technologies […]

INCREMENT P to join the HERE Marketplace

The location data and technology platform HERE Technologies has announced the Japanese digital map and location intelligence company INCREMENT P  is expanding the access to its comprehensive, high quality location content and data sets available via the HERE Marketplace. These data sets include Japanese road network data, detailed map data including building footprints, address data that corresponds to Japan’s unique address system, point of interest (POI) data and traffic information. In addition, […]

Arrival selects HERE SDK for its Electric Vehicles

The electric vehicle company Arrival has selected location technology platform HERE Technologies to power its in-vehicle Human-Machine Interface navigation solution. Arrival has been developing its own proprietary hardware, software and robotics since 2015 and is using these technologies to enable electric vehicle production through its unique Microfactories, which are small-footprint, low CapEx and can be […]

Siemens Mobility uses HERE data to help local authorities reduce congestion

HERE Technologies, the location data and technology platform, today announced that Siemens Mobility, a leader in transport solutions, is integrating the HERE corridor travel time API into its Journey Time as a Service solution for the UK market. This new traffic management system, based on data rather than hardware, has already been adopted by Bedford […]

HERE adds more weather data to its marketplace product

HERE Technologies has announced that Tomorrow.io, the weather technology company, will be making its weather data available via the HERE Marketplace – a hub for global location data exchange and a platform to build location intelligent applications that accelerate data-driven innovation across industries. HERE says that as it continues to rapidly expand the number of […]

HERE adds weather to Marketplace offering

The location data and technology platform HERE has added CustomWeather to its HERE Marketplace, providing software developers access to robust sets of weather and climate data. The company explains that weather conditions and environmental data are increasingly used by automakers, in transportation and logistics, and across supply chains to improve operations, driver safety and end-customer […]

HERE appoints new Supervisory Board Chairman

Mappin, data and technology platform HERE Technologies has elected Pekka Ala-Pietilä as Chairman of its Supervisory Board. He succeeds Rudi Lamprecht, who’d held the position since 2016 and stepped down as planned at the end of February. HERE says Ala-Pietilä (pictured) is an experienced technology expert with a proven track record in bringing innovative products […]

HERE exec calls for human drivers to be banned from smart cities

A leading transport technology expert is calling for manually driven vehicles to be banned from entering the autonomous urban highways of a future smart city. Wards Auto reports that Charity Rumery, HERE’s head of automotive and industrial sales-Americas region, made the suggestion during an online auto show discussion in the US. Wards Auto notes that […]