When you detect new streets that exist in reality, but are still missing in the map and want to add them you would normally use the satellite image layer. But if those streets are really new you might face the situation that they are not yet covered in the normal satellite view. In such a situation you can benefit from one (or even both) of … Continue reading Did you know… we have different versions of satellite imagery?
Hello Mappers, This week we would like to show you how to report inaccurate geometry on ADAS Roads – Roads which are coded by us with Advanced Driving Attributes and are therefore protected. If you want to change geometry and you are not clear on what it is and what is not protected use the quick display on the bottom menu “Highlight protected roads” and … Continue reading Tips and Tricks: Reporting Inaccurate Geometry on ADAS Roads
Dear Mappers, Let’s talk about Map Alerts this week 😃 We would like to introduce and make you aware of how to find these Alerts and how to solve them. What are Map Alerts? Map Alerts (MA) are situations that should be checked because the type of data sourced by us for the map indicates that there may be changes, for example: new geometry a … Continue reading Map Creator: Map Alerts
Hello Mappers, This week we would like to give you a tip on where you can find the status of your edits and would like to remind you of an existing functionality, which is embedded in “Your Stuff” on the top left of the map. Besides user statistics, campaign list, watchlist and collections, you can also find “Your Feed”, where all your recent edits are … Continue reading Tracking Your Edits
Dear Map Creator User, Once in a while we try to share with you with some Map Creator tips & tricks to advise you how to provide edits more similarly as we do at HERE. Recently we have noticed that our Map Creator users are incorrectly editing parking lots, which results in the rejection of your edits. In order to make sure that your edits … Continue reading Tips & Tricks: Parking Lot Coding
Hello Mappers, This week we would like to give you some tips to improve your work in Map Creator: Highlight the entire street name Press <Alt> and click on a link All links with the same name (that are in view) will be highlighted and can be modified simultaneously If you modify in one go, all the attributes that differ along the highlighted … Continue reading Tips & Tricks for a better Map Creator Experience (Part 2)
Hello Mappers, Many of us are aware of the capability to report road closures in the Map Creator tool that will is used for HERE traffic services. If you don’t recall, it’s very easy to access this functionality via the Road attributes menu and selecting the green button “Report road closure” – as shown in the image below. Please fill the information the … Continue reading Reporting road closures for our Traffic Service
Dear Mappers, Read today our short summaries from our 360 blog about AI and autonomous mobility. The power of AI The technology has been rapidly evolving by making smarter, more accurate solutions in various fields . Nowadays more often AI is used for these purposes, to fill in the gaps by the genius algorithms that power Netflix, Siri and Alexa for instance. Why does HERE … Continue reading The newest in AI and autonomous mobility
Hey Mappers, Your editing work is always fantastic, and we want to make sure that it’s integrated as quickly and efficiently as possible. Therefore, we’ve created the following short checklist for you to use when adding or fixing roads: 1. Smooth Geometry While adding or editing road geometry, try to smooth it as much as possible, to prevent a sharp angle validation. See example in … Continue reading Tips & Tricks for a better Map Creator Experience
Hey Mappers, This week we would like to share with you some new features now present in Map Creator: Protected Roads removed Some of you might have noticed that now you can modify what we call ‘Protected geometry’ in Map Creator. In order to identify what is protected – when you select a road that is protected you’ll see an icon with letter A on … Continue reading New features for Map Creator Desktop and Mobile
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