NDS Services
The Navigation Data Standard, or NDS, is the most used database format for automotive navigation solutions. It has been adopted by market leaders including BMW, Daimler, and VAG. NDS allows developers to separate navigation software from navigation data, granting flexibility to build a customizable product for end users. There is high demand among OEMs to adopt the Navigation Data Standard.
Intellias engineers have strong experience in NDS map compilation and testing, including all building block areas like digital terrain modeling, junction views, points of interest, traffic information, basic map display, routing, lane models, volatile data, shared data, and full-text search. We also have expertise in building automated map delivery pipelines.
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Our NDS services help solve problems
Large map patch size and high cost of testing
Use deterministic maps to limit map testing to difference deltas. The main advantages are a reduced map delivery cycle time and a reduced patch size for over-the-air updates. We have experience writing and maintaining solutions for compiling deterministic maps.
High cost of map production
Create a product-oriented solution that combines features and updates regions from different clients into one map and introduces a post-processing step that cuts out specific client maps. This solution can scale to meet client requests without increasing engineering resources.
Poor source data
Combine various data sources with complex approximative algorithms. As a real-world example, we applied elevation data to an initially flat road model with respect to road junctions, bridges, and tunnels.
Absence of data visualization tools
Develop solutions to visualize and validate NDS data from all building blocks using a street-level 3D model. This helps us understand, validate, and conduct effective RCA on NDS data as well as increase the effectiveness of communication while resolving the problem.
Complying with country-specific regulation
In order to install navigation solutions into cars, they must be verified by regulatory bodies that vary from country to country and may have conflicting demands. We have experience adapting products to comply with country-specific requirements related to borders, toponyms, and other map content.
Issues with map size and routing performance
To avoid constant map growth we apply algorithms for merging, aggregation, and content filtering. They also help to achieve high-performance routing for any request, from navigation within a city to navigation across Europe. Routing aggregation algorithms limit the amount of live data processing with no impact on data accuracy.
Compile your NDS-based maps efficiently
Benefits our clients receive
Performance boost & Cost optimization
Develop high-performance map compilation solutions and reduce infrastructure costs by monitoring them daily.
Update regions
Ability to provide update regions split solutions.
Incremental updates
Develop software to perform OTA updates.
Compliance with Navigation Data Standard
Cooperation with vendor that has experience working with the Navigation Data Standard starting from version 2.2.1 as well as supporting different NDS versions with the same compiler
Mapping automation
Use DevOps best practices to build solutions that automatically deliver certified and verified maps daily.
HD data
Work with high-definition lane data for autonomous vehicles.
Map data sources and map data visualization
Ability to get map data from various sources and develop tools for NDS data visualization to improve development and customer communication.
NDS extension
Extend NDS to fulfill custom requirements using NDS principals and achieve an NDS-compliant solution.
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