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As
Nokia auctions its mapping service Here, attracting
interest from potential buyers including German carmakers,
TomTom and Bosch said on Tuesday that they would add new layers
of data to their maps.
"By the end of 2015 we want to have new high-precision maps for
automated driving for all freeways and freeway-like roads in
Germany," said Jan Maarten de Vries, TomTom's vice-president of
automotive operations.
TomTom, which also reported slightly better than expected
quarterly results on Tuesday, will design the maps while Bosch
will help to define the required specifications.
Road coverage will subsequently be extended to the rest of
Europe and North America, Bosch said.
Multi-layered high-definition maps are key to efforts to
introduce automated driving on freeways from 2020, Bosch board
member Dirk Hoheisel said.
The new maps will contain a "localization layer" and a "planning
layer" for cars to calculate their position on a road by
comparing high-definition map data with that gathered by
on-board sensors.
Maps developed by TomTom and Bosch, a leading supplier of
electronic and mechanical systems to the auto industry, are
already being used in automated test vehicles in Germany and the
United States, albeit without any localization layer.
Bosch's mobility solutions division is the largest business
sector for Bosch Group, with 2014 sales of 33.3 billion euros
accounting for 68 percent of the group total.
(Reporting by Edward Taylor; Editing by David Goodman)
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