{"id":123667,"date":"2021-06-10T19:22:26","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T02:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/nvidia-acquires-hi-def-mapping-startup-deepmap-to-bolster-av-technology"},"modified":"2021-06-10T19:22:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T02:22:26","slug":"nvidia-acquires-hi-def-mapping-startup-deepmap-to-bolster-av-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/nvidia-acquires-hi-def-mapping-startup-deepmap-to-bolster-av-technology","title":{"rendered":"Nvidia acquires hi-def mapping startup DeepMap to bolster AV technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/nvidia-acquires-hi-def-mapping-startup-deepmap-to-bolster-av-technology2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chipmaker Nvidia is acquiring DeepMap, the high-definition mapping startup announced. The company said its mapping IP will help Nvidia\u2019s autonomous vehicle technology sector, Nvidia Drive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe acquisition is an endorsement of DeepMap\u2019s unique vision, technology and people,\u201d said Ali Kani, vice president and general manager of Automotive at Nvidia, in a statement. \u201cDeepMap is expected to extend our mapping products, help us scale worldwide map operations and expand our full self-driving expertise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest challenges to achieving full autonomy in a passenger vehicle is achieving proper localization and updated mapping information that reflects current road conditions. By integrating DeepMap\u2019s tech, Nvidia\u2019s autonomous stack should have greater precision, giving the vehicle enhanced abilities to locate itself on the road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chipmaker Nvidia is acquiring DeepMap, the high-definition mapping startup announced. The company said its mapping IP will help Nvidia\u2019s autonomous vehicle technology sector, Nvidia Drive. \u201cThe acquisition is an endorsement of DeepMap\u2019s unique vision, technology and people,\u201d said Ali Kani, vice president and general manager of Automotive at Nvidia, in a statement. \u201cDeepMap is expected [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1965,6,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","category-robotics-ai","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}