João Barros

João Barros

João Barros is the Chief Platform Officer at Nexar Inc, former Founder and CEO of Veniam Inc. (acquired by Nexar) and Professor Catedrático (on leave) at the University of Porto, Portugal.

AI is Slashing the Cost of Making Maps - Here's Why

AI is Slashing the Cost of Making Maps - Here's Why

The cost of making maps in real time is dropping rapidly, thanks to a new generation of crowdsourcing and edge AI technologies. These technologies enable connected vehicles and dash cams to create fresh data-rich maps automatically from the road without human intervention.  In this essay, we'll take a

Real-Time Mapping: A glossary of  top 100+ terms and acronyms (Pt. 2)

Real-Time Mapping: A glossary of top 100+ terms and acronyms (Pt. 2)

This glossary offers over 100 definitions for common terms in the context of real-time mapping. As a guiding principle, we opted to include generally accepted definitions as well as to explain (whenever appropriate) how  each entry applies to the key concepts in real-time mapping. Part one can be found here

Real-Time Mapping: A glossary of  top 100+ terms and acronyms (Pt. 1)

Real-Time Mapping: A glossary of top 100+ terms and acronyms (Pt. 1)

This glossary offers over 100 definitions for common terms in the context of real-time mapping. As a guiding principle, we opted to include generally accepted definitions as well as to explain (whenever appropriate) how  each entry applies to the key concepts in real-time mapping. A Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS)