8 Things You Need to Know About Nokia HERE - autoevolution

So, this week's big news indirectly related to the future of (autonomous) cars was the consortium formed by BMW, Audi and Daimler buying Nokia's HERE division. We did some research and besides the editorial on how self-driving cars will or will not solve our problems inspired by this acquisition, here comes a guide structured around the most important eight things you need to know about Nokia HERE. This start-up became known as NAVTEQ and in 1994, it installed its first ever automotive-grade map in the BMW 7 series. Nokia bought it in 2008. 2. Hundreds of HERE cars are mapping the world’s roads as we speak. HERE uses cars equipped with laser-based LiDAR technology to map streets to centimeter-level accuracy. Overall, HERE uses 80,000 data sources to continually update its maps including land registry data and a global community of cartographers. Four out of five cars use HERE maps. This includes models produced by carmakers like BMW, Jaguar Land Rover and Toyota. That means 10 million cars get Nokia HERE tech every year. Other than that, HERE provides routing, traffic, and local search services, along with operating 2. 7 million updates to its maps every day and voice-guided navigation in more than 50 languages. Source: www.autoevolution.com