HD Maps: Moving Towards a New Safety Standard in Autonomous Driving
Far from being a novelty, car safety has been an important subject since the 19th century. From the invention of the hydraulic brake system...
Want to enrich your maps with 186 million geo-positioned roadside objects?
Because you can. No kidding.
Geoawesome startup Mapillary has just fueled its map features repository with more than 186 million roadside objects, so autonomous vehicles...
Expanding Mapping Capabilities with Deep Learning
Last year I wrote about how computer vision is helping us harness the power of machines to understand the world, and how for updating...
Here’s why 2019 is poised to be an exciting year for Geospatial analytics
In the last five years, we’ve witnessed many incredible advances in the geospatial analytics industry. With the ability to launch dozens of small satellites...
The future of mapping is living maps
Over the past few decades messaging took over communication, broadcast video shifted to on-demand video, and operating systems took on entirely new forms in...
Taxis in Japan turn to AI to take on ridesharing services
Picture this: It is 8 am. You have successfully tackled the morning rush, packed your lunch, and even managed to grab some breakfast. All...
What’s the difference between Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Deep Learning?
Artificial intelligence has held a place in our imagination from the beginning of the XX century. Already in the 1930s and 1940s, the pioneers...
The perfect storm called artificial intelligence and geospatial big data
On April 20, 2010, when BP’s deep-water drilling rig Deepwater Horizon exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, the oil giant claimed that the spill...
Descartes Labs raises $30 million to create a data refinery of the physical world
Descartes Labs, a satellite data analytics startup based out Santa Fe, USA has announced that it has raised $30 million in a series B...
Interview with TerraLoupe geodata, AI startup
Recently I had a pleasure to talk to guys from TerraLoupe - startup that does an amazing with geo data and AI. Take a...
This startup founded by former Google and Leica engineers that creates maps for autonomous...
DeepMap is the latest in the list of startups that are focussed on mapping and localization for autonomous vehicles. The 25-person startup based in Palo Alto...
Business Intelligence Driven Through Real-Time Data and Social Maps
When faced with a power outage, the last thing I want to do is to figure out the customer service number of the Utility...
How Machine Learning is helping Google predict the wind better
When Google first launched its moonshot "Project Loon" to provide internet connectivity to farthest corners of the world by launching dozens of balloons, the...
Google’s latest game turns scribbles into satellite imagery
"Land Lines" from Google is a really addictive game that converts your random scribble into an actual geometric pattern that is visible from space. And its...
How Google is planning to use your location to create the perfect playlist
Spotify has its curated playlists, Apple Music has its exclusives and Google Play Music? Google Play Music has Context awareness.
Google has turned to its...