{"id":154460,"date":"2023-01-05T14:25:24","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T20:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/google-launches-hd-maps-for-vehicles-volvo-and-polestar-first-to-integrate"},"modified":"2023-01-05T14:25:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T20:25:24","slug":"google-launches-hd-maps-for-vehicles-volvo-and-polestar-first-to-integrate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/google-launches-hd-maps-for-vehicles-volvo-and-polestar-first-to-integrate","title":{"rendered":"Google launches HD maps for vehicles, Volvo and Polestar first to integrate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/google-launches-hd-maps-for-vehicles-volvo-and-polestar-first-to-integrate2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Google today is announcing a HD version of its vehicle mapping solution. Unlike Google Maps, Google\u2019s HD map is not a consuming-facing application, but an additional layer of data that\u2019s served to the vehicle\u2019s L2+ or L3 assisted driving systems through Google Automotive Services.<\/p>\n<p>The additional information sits on top of Google Maps\u2019 data and delivers details such as precise lane makers and localization of objects (road signs) to help assisted driving vehicles orient themselves on the road. The driver will not be able to see or access the HD map or data directly. It\u2019s not clear at this time if the driver will even know if the vehicle is using the HD mapping, though, presumably the vehicle\u2019s assisted driving skills will be improved when it\u2019s in use.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Google spokesperson, the HD mapping is initially focused on high-traffic roads like freeways, but the spokesperson stopped short of saying exactly which cities or freeways. They said Google is working with automakers to determine where the HD map is most helpful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google today is announcing a HD version of its vehicle mapping solution. Unlike Google Maps, Google\u2019s HD map is not a consuming-facing application, but an additional layer of data that\u2019s served to the vehicle\u2019s L2+ or L3 assisted driving systems through Google Automotive Services. The additional information sits on top of Google Maps\u2019 data and [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1965,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154460","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\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154460\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}