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MapLab: Map, Heal Thyself!
A biweekly tour of the ever-expanding cartographic landscape.
Fully self-driving vehicles that can operate anywhere, anytime, may still be decades away. But if you’ve jumped into a new model of nearly any sedan lately, you know that “connected” vehicles are already here. With rearview cameras, side-mirror sensors, and Bluetooth hookups, cars are communicating with their drivers and surroundings.
Some of these “smart” cars are helping build the maps that will eventually guide even “smarter” future generations. That was my takeaway from the HERE Technologies tent at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show this week. There, the Netherlands-based mapping company showed off the features of its HD Live Map, which will come equipped in some new BMW and Daimler models as soon as this year.