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Tomtom and Mitsubishi Electric Collaborate to Advance Automated Driving

GlobeNewswire — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 09:08:18 +0000

TomTom’s High Definition Map combined with Mitsubishi Electric’s High-Definition Locator provides automakers with a high-precision, integrated solution for next-generation vehicles.

TomTom (TOM2), the location technology specialist, and Mitsubishi Electric announced they are integrating technologies to develop new solutions and drive innovation in automated driving.

Through this collaboration, TomTom’s High Definition (HD) Map will power Mitsubishi Electric’s High-Definition Locator hardware, providing the highly accurate data required for automated driving. Mitsubishi Electric’s High-Definition Locator is a highly precise GPS-based vehicle positioning system that utilizes quasi-zenith satellites (QZSS) to provide unmatched accuracy at all times. Combined with the high-definition mapping that TomTom’s HD Map provides, the system generates accurate information on the vehicle’s position and road data critical for automated driving applications such as advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) applications.

TomTom leverages a multi-sourcing strategy for its HD Map, including data from GPS probes, front facing cameras, and vehicle sensors, to allow automated driving systems to anticipate the road ahead. Already being used in millions of vehicles on the road for Levels 1 to 2-Plus autonomous driving, TomTom’s HD Map technology is consistently updated, providing a highly detailed representation of the road and allowing self-driving vehicles to pinpoint the location of all road elements, including lane centerlines, traffic signs, and other objects, to make sense of their surroundings.

“We’re exhilarated to work with TomTom, widely recognized as the leading provider of precise and reliable mapping data,” said Michael Horani, Director of Advanced Development, Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America, Inc. “Through this collaboration, we help accelerate innovation in automated driving and utilize industry-leading, up-to-date maps to improve the safety of autonomous vehicles.”

“With drivers relying more heavily on their cars, the role and scope of digital maps must go beyond turn-by-turn navigation and be built specifically for self-driving vehicles,” said Paul Hesen, VP Product Management, TomTom. “TomTom HD Maps are designed for this purpose. Our highly detailed and accurate maps help vehicles plan a path and safely travel along any route, making all necessary adjustments, including changing lanes, taking exits and merging into highway traffic, enabling further developments for Level 2-Plus to Level 5 autonomous driving.”

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TomTom and Flow Labs Partner to Deliver Advanced, Real-Time Road Network Optimization and Insights

GlobeNewswire — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 12:50:29 +0000

TomTom the location technology specialist, announced a new partnership with Flow Labs, a leader in transportation software specializing in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and transportation data integration. Flow Labs will incorporate TomTom’s best-in-class traffic data into their AI applications that support transportation agencies with real-time optimization and insights, for any road, at any time.

Through this partnership, Flow Labs leverages TomTom’s historical and real-time traffic analytics based on anonymized speed data from more than 600 million connected devices. The result is an enhanced analytics platform that empowers transportation professionals and road authorities with data-driven insights to make critical transportation decisions with greater speed and ease. The Flow Labs Digital Twin platform integrates signal data, detection data, and connected vehicle data into a unified traffic management platform that optimizes traffic flow and enhances regional mobility. The AI-powered platform provides live and retrospective indicators of safety risks, operational issues, and a variety of environmental impact metrics, helping authorities identify the root cause of any transportation issue and informing decision-making to resolve issues faster.

“We are excited to partner with Flow Labs who have developed bold, innovative solutions to improve road network safety and flow, starting with road traffic signal optimization,” said Ralf-Peter Schäfer, Vice President for Traffic & Travel Information at TomTom. “With access to TomTom’s uniquely rich and detailed traffic data, we enhance Flow Labs’ ability to address today’s complex transportation problems in new ways.”

“With TomTom, we’re getting a massive increase in connected vehicle data that helps us provide traffic managers with a crystal clear picture of what is happening on any given roadway, at any given time,” said Jatish Patel, Founder and CEO of Flow Labs. “TomTom’s data enables us to generate unparalleled data accuracy and reliability, empowering powerful applications like traffic signal optimization and regional safety monitoring, including identifying high speed corridors and crash hot spots with improved incident detection.

Flow Labs’ Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions do not require expensive infrastructure or roadway modifications to generate highly detailed simulations. The solution uses credible, high-sampling sources of connected car data, which TomTom provides. Utilizing TomTom’s data, Flow Labs can estimate what is really happening on the road quickly and at an affordable cost. While the impact of the collaboration will be immediate, it will serve as a launchpad for greater innovation in the future.

“We expect the long-term benefits for both organizations and the customers we serve globally to be profound,” said Patel. “We intend to jointly develop new products, services and applications that will better service the growing needs of transportation agencies and other traffic providers across the United States and beyond.”

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Cerence and what3words’ Integrated, Voice-Powered Global Navigation Solution Gains Continued Traction with World’s Leading Automakers

AIT News Desk — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 10:48:50 +0000

Cerence Inc., AI for a world in motion, and innovative location technology what3words announce their continued strategic partnership to supply their voice-powered navigation solution to leading automakers around the globe. The number of cars on the road with the companies’ joint solution has doubled in two years, demonstrating ongoing adoption from the world’s leading automakers as they look to simplify the in-car navigation experience for their drivers.

As long-term partners, Cerence and what3words have built impressive momentum in the global automotive sector, partnering with major brands, including VinFast, Mercedes Benz, and Tata Motors. The latest automaker to deploy the companies’ joint solution is Subaru, who recently announced the rollout of Cerence and what3words’ voice-powered navigation in both the US and Japan. Subaru is the first car manufacturer to launch what3words voice entry in Japanese.

what3words is revolutionizing the way the world talks about location. It has divided the globe into a grid of 10ft x 10ft squares, and given each one a unique combination of three words: a what3words address. – for example ///professional.answers.attracts is the exact entrance to the Red Rock Canyon overlook in Nevada. When combined with Cerence’s industry-leading conversational AI, this unique model of address entry empowers drivers with slick, accurate and easy-to-use navigation capabilities. The integrated solution is already available in seven languages, with more being developed, and can also be embedded in vehicle infotainment systems to ensure that drivers are able to navigate to their desired destination regardless of connectivity.

Chris Sheldrick, Co Founder & CEO at what3words commented: “Combining location accuracy with a simple speech recognition interface is central to what3words’ mission. Working alongside the innovative Cerence team has enabled us to build a high-accuracy, reliable combined offering which works across a huge range of languages; we’re proud that it is increasingly being adopted by the biggest names in the automotive sector.”

“Navigation is one of the most often-used functions of the in-car assistant, so an accurate, easy-to-use experience is critical to user perception and adoption of automotive voice technology,” said Nils Schanz, Chief Product Officer, Cerence. “By bringing the power of voice to what3words’ incredibly innovative location solution, we empower automakers like Subaru, VinFast, Mercedes-Benz, and other industry leaders to delight their drivers with a comfortable, easy interaction experience.”

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Flybuy Joins Toast Partner Ecosystem for a Turnkey Pickup Solution

AIT News Desk — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 09:53:06 +0000

Flybuy, the leading location technology platform by Radius Networks, announced that it has launched an integration on the Toast platform to provide brands with an accurate ETA to predict the arrival time of incoming off-premise customers, enabling restaurant staff to perfectly time the order preparation and handoff.

Toast is a cloud-based, all-in-one digital technology platform purpose-built for the entire restaurant community. It works with integration partners in its Toast Partner Ecosystem, a curated portfolio of more than 180 partners who deliver specialized technology and services to help restaurant operators increase sales, engage guests, and keep employees happy.

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Toast Online Ordering and Flybuy Pickup are fully integrated, allowing Toast Online Ordering customers to opt-in to a seamless, location-based customer and delivery driver pickup solution in just days. Flybuy Pickup offers brands a robust, turn-key pickup solution, across in-store, curbside and drive-thru service channels, dramatically reducing customer and delivery driver wait times and improving staff efficiencies for prioritization, prep and hand-off of Toast online orders. Brands will use the Flybuy Staff Dashboard to track all incoming Toast Online Ordering pickup orders based on true customer ETA, location and arrival events, so staff can meet their customers at the counter or curb for a swift handoff, immediately upon arrival.

“Toast Online Ordering and Flybuy Pickup have provided us with a best-in-class off-premise ordering and customer pickup experience for our small business,” says Jessie Kileen, Founder and Co-CEO from Grassburger. “Because our staff know exactly where the customer is in the journey to the store and when they arrive, we can prioritize and prepare orders for immediate handoff upon customer arrival, dramatically streamlining our staff operations and improving freshness and quality of product to the end customer.”

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After implementing Flybuy, businesses see immediate benefits in all areas. They realize an uptick in off-premises sales, a decrease in customer wait times, a decrease in food waste, and an increase in return visits. “We are excited to grow our partnership with Toast to provide restaurants with an innovative, yet easy, pickup solution,” says Radius Networks Chief Strategy Officer Dan Estrada. “Toast Online Ordering and Flybuy Pickup provides restaurants with a turnkey solution for a flawless pickup program for both customers and restaurant staff.”

“We are delighted to offer our customers an end-to-end off-premise pickup experience with Toast Online Ordering and Flybuy Pickup,” says Keith Corbin, Senior Director, Business Development from Toast. “Allowing restaurants to meet their customers with their Toast Online Ordering orders immediately upon arrival can help create a thriving off-premise business. We are proud to work with the team at Flybuy to bring this solution to our Toast Online Ordering customers.”

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Radar Launches Place Matching to Improve Management of Point-of-Interest Data

AIT News Desk — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 14:30:11 +0000

With more accurate, consistently updated location data, Radar’s technology helps companies power the best-in-class experiences for their customers

Radar, the leading location technology platform, introduced Place matching, a feature that automatically improves the accuracy and streamlines the maintenance of geofences created in Radar’s platform.

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Businesses rely on geofences to offer services that customers expect, such as curbside pickup and location-based push notifications. However, many businesses have inaccurate or incomplete places data, making it challenging to implement geofencing effectively. For example, a retailer may have addresses for all of their stores, but the corresponding location coordinates may be inaccurate. They also may have circular geofences, even when a polygon more precisely represents store footprints. With place matching, Radar solves this challenge, ensuring that businesses avoid broken or unreliable experiences that can result from inaccurate location coordinates.

Place matching builds on Radar’s Places dataset, which gathers point-of-interest (POI) data from multiple sources, including open and commercial datasets. When a developer creates or imports geofences in Radar’s platform, those geofences are matched against high-quality POI data and verified for accuracy. Then going forward, those geofences are automatically updated when more current information becomes available. This feature is especially valuable for companies that rely on large numbers of geofences for their use cases, such as brands with thousands of stores or restaurants, or use cases involving large-footprints, such as airports, sports venues, or hotels.

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“Consumers value location-based app experiences, but they expect those experiences to be accurate,” said Nick Patrick, CEO and Co-Founder of Radar. “No consumer wants to receive a location-based push notification or be automatically marked as arrived when they’re not actually at the relevant place. With place matching, Radar ensures that developers and marketers are able to deliver high-accuracy location-based experiences at the right place and time, every time.”

The introduction of place matching furthers Radar’s vision of developer-friendly, privacy-conscious location infrastructure for every product and service. Over the past year, Radar has introduced a host of other new product features, including Trips for curbside pickup and delivery tracking and Beacons for Bluetooth beacon detection. These updates reduce the amount of manual labor for internal teams to maintain location services, making it as seamless as possible for developers to integrate location services into digital offerings.

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TomTom and Webfleet Solutions Collaborate on an Integrated Mobile Solution for Professional Drivers and Fleet Managers

AIT News Desk — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 14:22:10 +0000

Webfleet Solutions, a Bridgestone company and one of the world’s leading telematics solutions providers, has partnered with TomTom (TOM2), the mapmaker and location technology specialist, to launch the WEBFLEET Work App and TomTom GO Fleet App into the market. The companies combined their expertise to create a single source for fleet managers and drivers to address the unique set of challenges they face every day, including route compliance, on-time deliveries and safety concerns.

WEBFLEET Work App empowers professional drivers to get their jobs done easily and efficiently with nothing more than their Android mobile devices. Fleet managers and their drivers have access to a wide range of workforce management features without the need for any additional hardware. This includes locating vehicles, logging working times, registering drivers, setting trip modes, managing orders and schedules and staying in touch with the back office via two-way communication.

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TomTom GO Fleet application is seamlessly integrated, allowing drivers to always have the most up-to-date maps with traffic and navigation at their fingertips in a single location. They can automatically start their route to their order destination conveniently from the Work App, and fleet managers benefit from real-time visibility of the current ETA and destination.

With WEBFLEET Work App in conjunction with TomTom GO Fleet, drivers get professional navigation for all types of vehicles. Advanced truck routing is also available based on their vehicle’s attributes, cargo type, local regulations and road characteristics. In addition, TomTom GO Fleet assists truck drivers by locating dedicated points of interest (POIs) for large vehicles such as parking and fuel stations, and by offering the most up-to-date maps, even when there is no connectivity. The app also includes reliable ETAs and real-time traffic info, which will enable drivers to meet deadlines with ease and lower fuel costs.

Paul Verheijen, Vice President Product Management at Bridgestone Mobility Solutions commented: “WEBFLEET Work App is the perfect solution for businesses and drivers who want to leverage their existing mobile devices to effectively manage day-to-day tasks. Setup and onboarding are quick and easy, allowing great flexibility with an intuitive user interface, making it a perfect combination with the TomTom GO Fleet app. Together we can offer even greater value to our customers providing an integrated solution.”

“Simplifying location technology and helping to solve challenges for drivers has always been at the heart of TomTom,” said Mike Schoofs, Managing Director at TomTom Enterprise. “It’s exciting to work with partners who have similar goals as us, like Webfleet Solutions. This collaboration has enabled both companies to integrate what they do best into one solution for professional drivers.”

WEBFLEET Work App is now available for all Webfleet Solutions customers who have a LINK 740/710/530/510/410 tracking device installed. The option for mobile tracking – without any hardware installation necessary – will be available in the coming months.

Webfleet Solutions was formerly known as TomTom Telematics until April 2019 when it was acquired by Bridgestone Europe, a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation, a global leader in tires and rubber building on its expertise to provide solutions for safe and sustainable mobility. While Webfleet Solutions no longer operates as a business unit of TomTom, the two remain collaborative and aligned as both companies seek to create a more sustainable future of mobility.

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Ligado And Point One Navigation To Deliver Ubiquitous Precise Location To Automotive, Agriculture And Robotics Sectors

AIT News Desk — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 13:21:20 +0000

Ligado’s advanced SkyTerra 1 mobile satellite capabilities will extend the reach of Point One’s GNSS correction service throughout North America

Mobile communications company Ligado Networks and Point One Navigation, a leader in precise location technology announced that Ligado will provide pervasive, high-performance satellite capacity to support Point One’s Polaris GNSS correction service. The partnership will initially provide L-Band service to electric vehicles with advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and will expand to additional sectors in the coming years.

Point One’s Polaris unlocks better than 10cm absolute accuracy for a broad range of mobile assets with a coast-to-coast footprint in the USA and coverage across Europe. It offers a variety of connectivity options including delivery over cellular and now ubiquitous L-Band. The service meets the stringent security and reliability demands for automotive customers. Point One’s proprietary design includes advanced anti-jam, interference mitigation, end to end security and automatic integrity monitoring unmatched by any other provider.

Point One expects to deploy the mobile satellite-enabled service to commercial electric vehicles to start, beginning in early 2022 and in additional automotive, transportation, agricultural, and other mobile robotic platforms over the course of the multi-year agreement between Point One and Ligado. The companies will also collaborate to further advance and optimize GNSS augmentation delivery using the unique beamforming capabilities of Ligado’s SkyTerra satellite network.

“We are excited to partner with Point One to deliver highly available and accurate precision location information to commercial vehicles,” said Ligado Chief Executive Officer Doug Smith. “Point One’s innovative positioning network and Fusion Engine software advance operational capabilities in the same critical industrial segments that Ligado will support with our 5G mobile private network solutions. Commercial transportation, agriculture and industrial operations increasingly constitute critical infrastructure and require assured coverage, availability and security from the mobile networks and technology platforms on which they rely.”

“Ligado’s SkyTerra satellite network is the perfect complement to our existing cellular based service,” said Aaron Nathan, CEO of Point One Navigation. “We now deliver true coast-to-coast availability and provide a safe and redundant signal for critical positioning applications. Ligado’s unique beamforming capabilities have enabled us to offer a cost-effective mass-market solution.”

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Cloud4Wi To Change The Way Companies Connect With Their Own Customers Through GeoUniq Acquisition

AIT News Desk — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 12:36:46 +0000

Together the companies are poised for a phase of rapid growth as they help clients minimize the divide between the physical and digital customer journey

Cloud4Wi, industry leader in location-based marketing solutions, announced its acquisition of French-headquartered, GeoUniq, a leading provider of cutting-edge location technology and data. Through the acquisition, Cloud4Wi and its clients gain immediate access to one of the world’s most innovative location engines.

Cloud4Wi is known for its comprehensive location-based marketing platform, using customer offline data. It alone gives clients the ability to reveal customer behaviors inside their physical locations with a 100% consent-based approach. It also provides businesses with the ability to send perfectly targeted messages to customers at the right moment – at the right time and place. Combining this technology with GeoUniq’s location SDK – a privacy-first software development kit that helps organizations by providing sophisticated location intelligence to their apps – will enable Cloud4Wi clients to gain visibility into customer behaviors also outside their physical locations. Ultimately, the acquisition will therefore represent a unique opportunity for clients to gain a competitive advantage to drive loyalty and revenue, by giving them the capability to craft totally new customer journeys.

Antonino Famulari, CEO at GeoUniq, comments, “Being acquired by Cloud4Wi is opportune for GeoUniq, who wanted to join an organization with deep roots in location-based marketing. The fusion of skills, technologies, analytics and indoor and outdoor data will finally allow companies to manage physical customer journeys, something that is often theorized but hardly realize. It’s my belief that Cloud4Wi and GeoUniq will find joint benefit by expanding our prospects. For example, we could focus on gaining deeper traction in verticals such as retail, where we can target pure digital brands that have mobile apps and want to gain a deeper understanding of their customer’s behavior in the physical world. We are excited to co-develop solutions offering even more value through greater integration across the customer journey.”

According to a recent MarketsandMarkets report, the global location-based marketing market size is expected to grow from USD 10.7 billion in 2020 to USD 32.5 billion by 2025, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 25.0% during the forecast period. As a result of this prediction, Cloud4Wi will be poised for rapid growth which will be powered by combining two best in class research and development teams who will drive continuous innovation.

Andrea Calcagno, CEO & Co-Founder of Cloud4Wi, concludes, “We are excited to welcome the entire GeoUniq team into the Cloud4Wi family. As we looked to the future, we identified the ability to close the gap between the physical and digital customer journey as our top growth opportunity, and we actively pursued GeoUniq with its industry-leading offering. We are confident that the enhancement of our value proposition will bring a distinct benefit to the market enabling brands to unify the offline and online customer experience.”

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TomTom Virtual Horizon Makes Driving Safer for Everyone

AIT News Desk — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 12:42:50 +0000

New software democratizes advanced driver assistance technology with all-in-one ADAS offering that helps drivers and automated vehicles make more intelligent decisions

TomTom Virtual Horizon provides a seamless connection between digital maps and ADAS functionality, allowing drivers and vehicles to anticipate the road ahead
It is designed for automated and non-automated vehicles, with and without embedded navigation
The software is pre-integrated with the highly accurate and trusted TomTom ADAS Map
TomTom is the only company to offer automakers a one-stop-shop for a complete, easy-to-integrate, map-based ADAS function that answers the EU’s new Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) requirements

TomTom, the location technology specialist, launched TomTom Virtual Horizon the only map-based all-in-one advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) software from a single company that helps passenger and commercial vehicles anticipate the road ahead. This software for automakers provides a seamless connection between digital maps and ADAS functionality, allowing vehicles to see beyond the range of their sensors, for a smoother and safer drive.

The new TomTom Virtual Horizon is designed to democratize ADAS by supporting vehicles without embedded navigation, as well as the most technologically advanced automated vehicles. The software translates highly attributed map data into actionable information for drivers and vehicles alike. For example, if there is a sharp bend in the road or a change in the speed limit ahead, TomTom Virtual Horizon will warn drivers in non-automated vehicles to prepare to take action, while the software in automated vehicles will enable more informed and intelligent decision making without the involvement of the driver.

“While TomTom continues to join forces with automakers to develop next-generation technologies like self-driving cars, we are most proud when we bring to market affordable advanced technologies that will make driving safer and easier for everyone, not just the select few,” said Antoine Saucier, Managing Director, TomTom Automotive. “TomTom Virtual Horizon will bring actionable information about the road ahead, way beyond the vision of drivers and vehicle sensors, that will improve road safety around the world.”

TomTom Virtual Horizon offers automakers an all-in-one solution that includes precise positioning, intelligent route prediction, and a horizon provider compliant with industry standard protocols. The new software is built on TomTom’s trusted ADAS map that powers millions of automated vehicles around the world. The solution supports all the TomTom ADAS Map’s road attributes including speed limits, traffic signs, gradient, curvature, lane information and traffic lights. TomTom Virtual Horizon and the TomTom ADAS Map combine for the only all-in-one advanced driver assistance systems offering. Use cases for the solution include predictive powertrain control to minimize emissions as well as improved battery management for hybrid and electric vehicles.

TomTom Virtual Horizon is delivered via automakers’ preferred data format for easy implementation, and the software leverages existing connectivity where available or works fully offline, minimizing onboard hardware costs.

The new software will make it easy for automakers to comply with upcoming Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) regulations, including the legislation adopted by the European Commission for the EU that comes into effect as of July 2022. TomTom Virtual Horizon is now in production with multiple global brands.

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TomTom’s Advanced Mapping Technology Powers The All-New Nissan Qashqai

AIT News Desk — Tue, 29 Jun 2021 15:08:47 +0000

Nissan’s new ProPILOT with Navi-link driver assistance uses TomTom’s enriched ADAS map for safer and more efficient driving

All-New Qashqai becomes latest Nissan model in Europe equipped with over-the-air map updates and connected services including real-time traffic powered by TomTom

TomTom the mapmaker and location technology specialist, today announced that drivers of the all-new Nissan Qashqai in Europe will benefit from TomTom’s advanced mapping technology and connected services. TomTom’s cutting-edge maps will support the new Nissan Qashqai’s upgraded ProPILOT with Navi-link driver assistance, as well as the NissanConnect infotainment system’s built-in navigation.

The next generation of ProPILOT automates vehicle steering, acceleration and braking within a single lane on highways, helping drivers maintain a safe distance to the car in front. The updated system can adapt the car’s speed according to additional external circumstances. When the car crosses to a lower speed limit zone on the highway, the Nissan Qashqai uses its sensors to read road signs and draws information from TomTom’s advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) map to slow itself to the appropriate speed. The new ProPILOT with Navi-link also uses TomTom’s enriched map data to adjust the speed for approaching curves or exit ramps that have a tighter radius.

“Sensors can only see what is visible. If a sign is missing, a truck is in the way, the weather is bad, or if there is a sharp bend in the road over the next hill, sensors alone are not sufficient to provide adequate feedback to the vehicle,” said Antoine Saucier, Managing Director, TomTom Automotive. “The TomTom ADAS Map supports more comfortable, efficient and safer driving, by providing high quality information on gradient, lanes, curvature and speed limits to advanced systems like Nissan’s new ProPILOT with Navi-link.”

TomTom will provide the new Qashqai’s NissanConnect infotainment system with an innovative over-the-air map update solution. This technology combines the reliability of TomTom’s in-car map data with the freshness of a smartphone app, by automatically updating relevant parts of the map. This ensures that the map is always up to date, with no interaction required from the driver. It detects when updates are available, and downloads and installs them in the background, via the various user-friendly methods (USB, Wi-Fi^® hotspot, etc.).

“The new Qashqai is equipped with an array of exciting new features normally only found on models in premium segments,” said Marco Fioravanti, Vice President, Product Planning, Nissan Europe. “TomTom’s innovative and up-to-date mapping technologies provide seamless location support for some of these new features, offering new Qashqai drivers an even more convenient, smooth and secure driving experience.”

As with the latest Nissan LEAF, Navara and JUKE, all-new Qashqai drivers will also enjoy TomTom’s maps for navigation as well as its array of connected services. The NissanConnect display screen, the new high-definition, fully electronic 12.3 inch TFT multi-information screen and the new 10.8-inch head-up display will give drivers easy access to industry-leading real-time traffic information, speed cameras alerts, fuel prices and weather information and online search.

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