Mobileye to develop accurate maps of Britain’s road network
The latest agreement follows a year of pilot projects, with Ordnance Survey successfully integrating data collected by Mobileye into their geospatial database for Great Britain.
By EYTAN HALONUpdated: JANUARY 8, 2019 22:29Mobileye, Ordnance Survey
Intel’s Mobileye has partnered with Great Britain’s national mapping agency Ordnance Survey to bring high-precision location data to UK agencies and businesses, the company announced on Monday.Using Mobileye’s unique camera-based mapping capabilities, vehicles will harvest sizable volumes of location data on Britain’s road networks and roadside infrastructure, such as the location of overhead cables and foliage, traffic lights and drain covers.Collected data will then be cross-referenced with existing Ordnance Survey data sets to develop accurate maps of the nation’s roads and surrounding areas.The location-intelligence partnership will offer a new, accurate and customizable location information service to Ordnance Survey customers across a range of major industry sectors, empowering them to run smarter and better-connected businesses.“Using maps to improve operations between businesses and cities will help bring us closer to the realization of smart cities and safer roads,” Prof. Amnon Shashua, president and CEO of Mobileye, told reporters at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.US chip giant Intel purchased Jerusalem-based vision technology company Mobileye for a record $15.3 billion in August 2017, the largest sale or “exit” of an Israeli company to date.The latest agreement follows a year of pilot projects, with Ordnance Survey successfully integrating data collected by Mobileye into their geospatial database for Great Britain.Several Ordnance Survey vehicles have already been fitted with Mobileye 8 Connect, a next-generation aftermarket collision avoidance system capable of collecting data to make cities smarter, safer and ready for the deployment of autonomous vehicles.“We envisage this new rich data to be key to how vehicles, infrastructure, people and more will communicate in the digital age. Our partnership with Mobileye further enhances our commitment to supporting Britain as a world-leading center for digital and tech excellence,” said Ordnance Survey CEO Neil Ackroyd.The new service will support the future implementation of 5G, intelligent mobility and additional digital services, Mobileye said.