HERE Technologies has introduced a mapping-as-a-service offering targeted at enterprises wanting to create differentiation and reduce operational costs through building, maintaining and using unique map datasets for advanced analytics and services. The offering is enabled by advanced platform functionality coupled with map creation, processing and delivery capabilities.
The first private mapping use cases relate to industrial yard mapping, leveraging probe data from private fleets of vehicles in order to create and update the map. Progressively through 2021, the aim is to enable enterprises to bring their own map data onto the HERE location platform and use it in combination with HERE map data and services which will increasingly be available as a self-serve experience. Enterprises will have the option to do this autonomously or can co-develop with the HERE professional services team.
The private mapping offering is aimed at the transportation and logistics sector, in particular fleet management and supply chain. The offering will enable these companies to build and maintain a unique map dataset using various sources such as probe, third-party map content and eventually, imagery and LiDAR. These datasets will be privately and securely stored on the HERE location platform and can then be conflated with the HERE map and used further in services and as a foundation of advanced analytics.
