Britain’s national mapping agency Ordnance Survey and Intel’s MobilEye have announced their intention of collaborating to use Israeli technology to produce a high-tech map of Britain’s roads.
Israeli company MobilEye was bought by US technology giant Intel for £12 billion in 2017.
It is understood that their maps will be looking to include the locations of traffic lights, drain covers, lamp posts, overhead cables and road markings, and will even record plants and trees growing near the road network.
Professor Amnon Shashua, President and CEO of Mobileye said: “Using maps to improve operations between businesses and cities will bring us closer to the realisation of smart cities and safer roads”.
The project will make use of MobilEye’s camera-based mapping abilities in order to note the location of the infrastructure on Britain’s roads. It is hoped that this data will support the implementation of up and coming 5G technologies such as autonomous vehicles.
Ordnance Survey chief executive Neil Ackroyd explained: “This new rich data will be key to how vehicles, infrastructure and people communicate in the digital age. Our partnership with Mobileye further enhances our commitment to supporting Britain as a world-leading centre for digital and tech excellence”.
