HERE Technologies highlights AI-powered mapping and software-defined vehicle innovations
Digital mapping and location technology, HERE says it’ll be showcasing the company’s latest innovations at January’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, following a year of robust business growth, customer successes and technology advancements. HERE will showcase various customers and cutting-edge technologies at CES 2025, including: HERE Sets Industry Standard in 2024 HERE enters CES […]
Google using dashcam images to keep maps up to date
Google has issued a new support page explaining how it’s using images from dashcams to keep maps “fresh and up to date”. It says it is working with trusted third-party companies which gather imagery in the form of short videos from commercial and consumer dash cam manufacturers. Google uses imagery to detect and verify real-world […]
National Highways’ green mapping project to boost biodiversity on England’s motorways and A-roads
National Highways is set to use artificial intelligence and satellite mapping to help track changes in habitats and biodiversity. Using the new state-of-the-art mapping tool will make it easier for National Highways to keep track of its Soft Estate ecosystems bordering the country’s 4,300 miles of motorways and major A-roads. Over the last 10 to […]
Storyblok’s CMS helps TomTom reach its content destinations 50% faster
Content management system (CMS) provider Storyblok has announced that TomTom is using its CMS to streamline content operations by giving teams more control to create and manage content. Companies like Uber, Volkswagen Group, and Microsoft use TomTom’s map and location technology across different products worldwide. TomTom’s previous CMSs had a difficult learning curve and made users depend […]
Talking map innovation with HERE Technologies, and how the industry can maximise efficiency, on this week’s Highways Voices
“The world runs on maps,” explains HERE Technologies executive Jason Jameson on this week’s Highways Voices, “And if you look at from the early days of creating a map, to find directions, or to map out how to move from place to place, it’s always been with us as a society. But if you look […]
HERE partners with what3words
Location data and technology platform, HERE Technologies has announced an expansion of its global partnership with innovative addressing system what3words. Customers using the HERE platform’s Location Services application programming interfaces (APIs) will be able to easily activate their what3words license via HERE from later this year. HERE is making what3words available in its platform amid […]
Uber and HERE Technologies announce long-term collaboration
Location data and technology platform HERE Technologies and Uber have announced a long-term collaboration to enhance Uber’s mapping capabilities globally for rideshare and food deliveries. They say the agreement builds on HERE and Uber’s existing partnership and will help bring further advanced location-aware tools and functions to the Uber platform. HERE explains that, with millions […]
Ambulances set to benefit from new in-cab mapping technology
A new in-cab navigation application, underpinned by Ordnance Survey mapping, will be rolled out across all Ambulance Trusts in the country with the aim of improving patient care and at-scene response times. The Ambulance Radio Programme was established by the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives and the Department of Health and Social Care to deliver […]
HERE unveils a range of new innovations at Consumer Electronics Show
As is traditional, the location data company HERE is using its pavilion at the huge Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to showcase the latest innovations. Its new UniMap is a highly automated technology that enables rapid creation of digital maps and location products. HERE has been developing the technology over the last three years […]
PTV and TomTom team up on navigation app
Mapping and traffic information company TomTom has announced it will power transport modelling firm PTV’s Truck Navigator G2, the next generation of the group’s professional truck navigation app. PTV Group will be using TomTom’s recently launched Navigation SDK (Mobile Software Development Kit) to power up-to-date maps, custom truck routing and more in their app, now […]
