Photo by NissanMapping software is a crucial element of self-driving technology. While Google and HERE have teams of dedicated vehicles out mapping the worlds' roads and their surroundings, Mobileye wants to exponentially expand the gathering of real-world, situational data for self-driving cars through its Road Experience Management (REM) platform. Mobileye has announced an agreement with Nissan to implement REM technology in its vehicles. The Japanese automaker joins BMW and Volkswagen in allowing the REM platform to capture anonymized data via company’s in-car cameras and sensors to create what Mobileye calls a RoadBook mapping database. Earlier this year HERE announced that it will also be contributing to the REM platform via BMW vehicles to allow for real-time map updates that can pinpoint temporary changes to roadways such as constructions zones.
Source: Forbes April 26, 2017 20:03 UTC