Dutchy Ron schreef op 15 maart 2017 22:26:
HERE has 400 vehicles out mapping roads around the world, but also processes data coming off sensors currently installed in millions of cars. The idea is that such geographical data can be crowd-sourced and updated in real time. If a car ahead of you has just skidded on a patch of ice, that information would be relayed to both you and your vehicle.
The competition in this space is intense. Alphabet’s Waymo has Google Maps. If Apple is indeed working on self-driving cars, it has its own mapping team. Uber has made hires to build out a mapping division. It remains to be seen if the result will be collaboration or chaos.
“This is like the Internet’s early days, in that
many well-intentioned companies will not survive because you need scale,” says Overbeek, whose company’s mapping system currently is in a majority of vehicles. “The competition will keep everyone on their toes.”
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