Halloween Special: Mind the Gap!
It is Halloween again and we came up with another scary topic you might not be aware of: Borderless automated driving...
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?...
Missing the Forest of Traffic Signs for the Trees
Traffic signs should be self-explaining, but can you tell? And could a self-driving system it?...
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...
Expert Interview: Looking Across the Great Wall
In this interview, we are taking a closer look at mapping and digital twins in China. It's also a first - provided in both languages, English and Chinese....
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...