Have we Already had Enough?
Automotive domain often asks about how much testing is needed to guarantee that the system is good enough. But what about the systems we are using for testing? How good do they have to be? Let’s collect some (philosophical) questions...
Tracking Tracks
We visited the InnoTrans 2022 to get an update about the state of affairs regarding geodata in railway domain...
Expert Talk with Brad Templeton: No standard answer!
How would you feel if you were chasing for the holy grail and then someone came around the corner and told you that it’s not holy at all?...
People’s Republic Perspective
Have you ever visited China using a map service and asked yourself, why the road networks are not matching the aerial images? And when checking in China, everything fits?...
Expert Talk: The Unfolded Truth Becomes a Tangible Asset
When we first heard about automatic Unfolding of CityGML Buildings to Paper Models, we were originally set back to this childhood mindset. But soon we learned that there are current use cases that might make a (literally) lightweight conversion of digital 3d models into scaled real-world 3d models an...
Land of Opportunities or Middle Kingdom
Most automated driving activities take place in the US and in China. Most of the automated driving players come from the US or from China. In both countries, commercial ride hailing services were already launched. Thus, is it all the same on both sides of the pacific?...
Expert Talk with TrianGraphics: Building a Better World
In late November 2021, we enjoyed a web-meeting with Stephan Kußmaul, managing shareholder of TrianGraphics GmbH, Berlin. Read more about our insights into data formats, terrain generation etc....
The Lost Generation of Automated Driving
Since 2016 more and more autonomous bus shuttle projects were set up. What have we learned from so many projects doing the same? And how does this relates to all the current SAE Level 4 automated driving activities? Let’s do a non-exhaustive research...
Expert Talk: Small Talk with The Valley
We had chance to sneak into the Silicon Valley to get an idea what has been and is going on in the Valley. With lots of technologies being hyped, we were most curious about the status of projects around geodata...
A Digital Twin Example
Since we started the GEONATIVES blog we talked about the usefulness of a digital twin. Let’s explain the idea and the advantages of the concept on a tangible example...