· Precise
representation of the world’s road networks, pathways, buildings, structures,
places, land use and land cover
· Geospatial
datasets for a wide range of use cases including map display, spatial
analytics, business intelligence, and AI/ML analysis
Demand
for high-quality Geospatial Data has skyrocketed across industries as the
global economy becomes more and more digitized. HERE Technologies, the leading
location data and technology platform, today released HERE Data Layers to
improve software developer and data scientists’ access to the rich cartographic
features and attributes captured within an enterprise-grade mapping platform.
HERE
Data Layers are standalone Geospatial representations of the world’s road
networks, pathways, buildings, structures, places, land use and land cover.
They serve as a menu for developers and data scientists to select the datasets
needed to power today’s location-based functions, applications and customer
experiences.
The
offering consists of customizable high value urban geospatial data sets in
GeoJSON format and can be used in a range of use cases from map display,
spatial analytics, business intelligence to AI/ML analysis.
HERE
Data Layers include:
· Administrative
Divisions: For example, Country, State, Province, Municipality, City
or Built-up Area.
· Building: Man-made
building structures with height and corresponding attribution.
· Destination
Signs: Lists various destinations visible on a sign and relates such
destinations to a specific path in the road network.
· Hydrography: Variety
of water features (lakes, rivers, oceans, bays etc.).
· Land
Cover: Content related to the physical coverage of the Earth (e.g.
woodland, wetlands, grassland, desert, or glacier).
· Land
Use: Content related to the functional usage of the land; it
classifies areas of land for use by people.
· Navigable
Road: Road Network with topology and Navigable Attributes.
· Places:
Places and points of interest with corresponding location and related
attribution.
· Traffic
Restrictions: This layer represents specific paths in the road network
where legal, logical or physical restrictions apply.
· Traffic
Signs: Signs along the road used to inform the driver of specific road
situations (e.g. Warning Signs, Priority Signs, Stop Signs).
HERE
Data Layers is available for all to access via the company’s Freemium developer
plan at https://developer.here.com/
September 17, 2020, Mumbai