The industry participants are moving closer together: TomTom, Baidu and Qualcomm on maps.
The map service provider and competitor of HERE. TomTom, has on the CES 2018 new map services introduced: TomTom AutoStream and TomTom MotionQ.
TomTom HD cards. Source: TomTom
The AutoStream service is a map-providing service for up-to-date data, such as the curve curvature or the slope of the route, from the TomTom Cloud. MotionQ is a forecasting concept for traffic. Both services are also suitable for assistance systems right through to autonomous driving.
TomTom has the maps for his HD cards already for the USA, Western Europe and Japan, In total, 380,000 kilometers of highways and other highways are in the pipeline. The exact map material is of enormous importance for positioning Autonomous Driving.
The AutoStream service already has two customers. On the one hand, this includes the Chinese IT giant Baidu and the service becomes part of Baidus Apollo, The other customer is the marketing company of Volvo and Autoliv: Zenuity, It is also about the HD cards for autonomous driving. The vehicles of Zenuity will scan the road with their sensors and the data will add maps to the TomTom.
MotionQ has already found a buyer. It is in Rinspeed’s Snap integrated. And with Qualcomm you have also started a cooperation. The agreement will include HD maps and GPS data in the Qualcomm Drive Data Platform.
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