Like famed explorers Lewis & Clark, Amerigo Vespucci and Dora, autonomous vehicles will be at the mercy of whatever maps are available as they navigate the uncharted technological waters of the United States and beyond.
Automobile News reports mapping technology will become important in an autonomous vehicle's V2I and V2V systems, with input coming from a collaborative effort between official sources and crowdsourcing.
In particular, mapping could be accomplished between vehicles via data collection and distribution on a real-time basis, such as the case now through smartphone apps that allow drivers to pass such data along to each other.
When the road runs out or hasn't been mapped, however, it may end up in the hands of the driver passenger to take up where the vehicle left off. In turn, the data would be passed along as normal to others making a similar trek, improving upon what was discovered before so long as the road continues to see traffic on a frequent basis to ensure accuracy.
Meanwhile, government agencies and map makers could be called upon to create a digital infrastructure framework that would allow for "a static and dynamic representation of the physical world that would determine how autonomous vehicles get around," according to Maxime Flament of ERTICO-ITS Europe. The standardized framework would further ensure accuracy and reliability in the maps for tomorrow's autonomous vehicles.
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