CES 2016: TomTom launch Highly Automated Driving (HAD) maps

Darren

TomTom yesterday announced the launch of Highly Automated Driving (HAD) maps for all Californian interstate roads and for all interstates and freeways in Michigan.

The two states are already being used as testing grounds for driverless cars and TomTom believe the release of this map data for the two states will bring driverless cars closer to reality.

Harold Goddijn, CEO at TomTom said "TomTom is more excited than ever about the prospect of partnering with members of the HAD ecosystem to expedite the innovation that will transform the automotive industry and the way we drive."

HAD maps provide a high accuracy 3D road edge to road edge model of the road. Coupled with TomTom RoadDNA data which delivers a pattern based localisation solution a vehicle will know its precise position even whilst travelling at high speed or when changes occur to the road.

The TomTom HAD map of California covers 12,000 kilometres of interstate and the Michigan HAD map covers 13,000 kilometres or interstate and highway.

Source: TomTom.com

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IanS100 · Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2016 5:34 pm Post subject:

From my experience of TomTom products over the last 10 years, and their TomTom Go app in particular, I'm not sure I'd want to entrust a driverless car to their data Rolling Eyes

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Snudge · Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2016 8:22 pm Post subject:

Driverless cars are not going to happen just as pilotless planes didn't happen - just because the technology exists doesn't mean people want it.

taits · Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2016 1:57 pm Post subject: Regarding "driverless cars"

Should any type of some accident happen and in reality no matter who who actually be the blame, Attorneys will have a field day going for ehomever has the deep pockets. New area of law brings about many blunders in law.
Personally I wouldn't trust them, & would prefer my own skills over a 'computer'.

JimmyTheHand · Frequent Visitor Joined: Apr 16, 2005 Posts: 386

taits · Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2016 10:33 pm Post subject:

Yea those switches are still a prob. Airbags is a big one too.
But thiose flaws have cropped up form most at one time or another somewhere.
Computers=GIGO, garbage in garbage out. I don't think the programmers can or will think of every 'what if'.

K13ehr · Lifetime Member Joined: Jul 12, 2008 Posts: 286

The only use I can see for this tech is in military vehicles, where in the event of a total terrorist or other invasion, the military could just set it up and let it go, and kill anything it sees.

I wonder what map data they have for ISIS controlled areas.

M8TJT · Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2016 9:30 am Post subject:

taits · Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2016 1:46 pm Post subject: unmanned cars etc

I agree on the Military use aspect, as with drones. Yet they (govt) say they want to win that war, yet the US needs to ask before they shoot in many incidents ...you can't win doing that.
They know there they are, so take them out, lock stock and barrel as it were. Yet thay do not.
Clean house.
Those convoys they always show. Why are they there, alive?
Remotes, unmanned & self driving vehicles have a place, just not on the city streets, highways and byways.

JimmyTheHand · Frequent Visitor Joined: Apr 16, 2005 Posts: 386

taits · Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2016 4:24 pm Post subject: Eye, etc,etc

With that in mind, some interesting items at CES about all this.

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