The Need for Advanced Driver Safety Systems
From safety belts to airbags and from reinforcing structures to controlled crush zones, there is minimal opportunity to further improve crashworthiness. However, in its ongoing effort to make the world's roadways as safe as humanly possible, the automobile industry is doing everything in its power to develop advanced driver safety systems that can help prevent accidents occurring. In support of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), Intermap offers ‘3D Roads' — accurate and homogeneous maps of all roads in a country.
Vehicle Safety Doesn't Stop at Major Roads
Maps in support of ADAS have traditionally tended to cover only major roads, as only data for these roads has been available. The problem with this is the disproportionate amount of incidents which occur on smaller roads. Advanced safety systems such as Curve Speed Warning, Predictive Front Lighting, or Overtaking Assistant are mostly required on smaller roads, those with sharp twists and turns, steep slopes, and hidden dips in roads. That's where most of the dangerous road topologies lie, as opposed to highways or larger roads. And Intermap is the only vendor to have all roads covered — big and small. Who wants ADAS systems that stop working when the roads get tough?
Intermap 3D Road Geometries — the All-weather, 24-hour, Long-range, Vehicle Sensor
Having accurate 3D road geometries in a vehicle is like having an additional sensor system, alongside radar, cameras, and the multitude of other sensors on modern vehicles. While these more traditional sensors have limited ranges and can deteriorate in poor weather conditions or at night, maps can always extend much further and together with road height information provide an accurate model of the road ahead. For some applications we will need to combine all these sensor inputs and signals and determine the best course of action for the vehicle.
Click here to read more about specific safety applications enabled by NEXTMap data. (PDF)
