HERE To Offer Live Traffic Services Based On Data Gathered by Other Cars
Berlin-based company HERE will introduce new traffic services this week that offers drivers live road conditions bsed on data gathered by competing automakers. The company, owned by Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, will provide four services in which drivers share detailed video views of traffic jams or accidents, potential road hazards, traffic signs including temporary speed limits and on-street parking.
BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen will all contribute data to the service, with other automakers to be expected to join the project later and contribute data from their vehicles, HERE said.
Data collected from vehicles participating in the network, drawn from brakes, windshield wipers, headlights, location systems, cameras and other sensors, are translated into alerts on driver dashboards using the HERE services.
The new live traffic services are set to hit the road in the first half of 2017, HERE said on Monday.
HERE plans to offer live traffic data to the auto industry and other businesses needing more than static maps for new connected car services, including municipalities, road authorities, smartphone makers or mobile app developers.