By Satya Vakkaleri, VP of Product Opportunity at a time of crisis Amidst all the gloom surrounding the current pandemic, certain markets are expanding rapidly. Crisis is becoming a catalyst for growth. …

By Scott Harvey, CTO and Satya Vakkaleri, VP Product To LiDAR or not to LiDAR, that is the question In the previous blog post, we introduced the concept of using a single sensor for localization. Before jumping into the details of the Civil Maps solution, we would like to take a moment to celebrate…

By Scott Harvey, CTO and Satya Vakkaleri, VP Product Where am I? Accurate estimation of an autonomous vehicle’s position and orientation known as “localization” is not just a prerequisite for decision making and path planning, it is critical for the safe operation of the vehicle. Autonomous vehicles are equipped with different types of…

By Nicholas Stanley, Technical Operator, Civil Maps Maps can be exceptionally powerful — a well-crafted map can mean the difference between arriving on time… or not arriving at all. We at Civil Maps have been working tirelessly to bring the next generation of high-definition augmented reality maps (“HD Semantic Maps”)…

By Paul Drysch, VP of Sales and Business Development Today’s autonomous vehicle and automated mobility market looks a lot like the early days of the personal computer industry: many players, each building its own proprietary machine: a highly automated vehicle (HAV). When a universal, hardware-agnostic computer operating system (OS) finally…

By Sravan Puttagunta, CEO and Co-founder, Civil Maps We’ve all seen augmented reality (AR) in shows such as Monday Night Football, in which broadcasters superimpose virtual lines and diagrams on the field, manually marking up video playbacks to highlight key maneuvers and strategies. This helps viewers easily focus on points…

By Sravan Puttagunta, CEO and Co-founder of Civil Maps Civil Maps is excited to announce that we’ve migrated our edge-based HD mapping and localization solution to the Arm® family of processors. Arm is the licensor to the largest ecosystem of automotive grade system-on-chips (SoC) and system-on-modules (SoM), with its chips…

By Sravan Puttagunta, Co-founder & CEO of Civil Maps We are delighted to announce key developments that will accommodate and enhance our rapid growth. Vijay Viswanathan and James Dawson will join the company in our San Francisco headquarters, bringing with them a wealth of experience from the automotive and navigational…

By Nagesh Gupta, VP of Engineering Ah, everyone’s excitement about going to CES. I never could understand it, until now. With over 190,000 attendees this year, I don’t think any city could have run CES more smoothly, but it was still quite challenging even for Las Vegas. For starters, I wasn’t prepared for the Uber and…