Here Technologies and its partners Navinfo from China, Increment P (IPC)/Pioneer from Japan and SK Telecom from Korea have formed the OneMap Alliance, set up to develop a global mapping standard for guiding autonomous vehicles safely and efficiently. The dynamic three-dimensional HD and interactive map will become available from 2020, aligned to the specification developed for Here HD Live Map.
The OneMap Alliance wants to offer a consistent HD map across regions for self-driving vehicles and is open to new strategic partners across the globe. The idea is to have an standardised map that can scale with the vehicles, with the same quality in the US, Europe and Asia. Cars will share and receive real-time data about what is happening on the road.
The alliance said the map will also reduce automaker development time and unnecessary costs.
