Mapping’s role in autonomous drive sends more suitors flocking to HERE

Autonomous vehicles won't happen without access to mapping technology, but it has to be high-tech, accurate and real-time technology. "A real-time, self-healing and high-definition representation of the physical world is critical for autonomous driving," commented Edzard Overbeek, Chief Executive of HERE Technologies. The former Nokia unit, acquired by a consortium of German OEMs in 2015, is emerging as one of the few players with this sort of expertise, and it is attracting considerable interest.