Is OSM data about stop signs fresh and conclusive, or does it require some additional work? We asked this question after reading ״How Lyft discovered OpenStreetMap is the Freshest Map for Rideshare [https://eng.lyft.com/how-lyft-discovered-openstreetmap-is-the-freshest-map-for-rideshare-a7a41bf92ec] ”, which covered OSM’s road class, directionality and lane metadata. We wanted to
By 2024 most new car models will include several built-in cameras. Cameras are there for the cars to “see” — the road, cyclists, pedestrians, road signs and more. Most industry pundits focus on the use of car-sight as cars evolve to self-driving. Yet, even before, during and after self-driving becomes a
Can artificial intelligence do the job? When cities need to make decisions about managing assets, streets, permits, they need to be able to see what is actually going on. Some of this depends on actual human sight, such as looking at a road, assessing damage, or checking whether a work
In the next 3–5 years, all new cars will contain cameras. Several cameras per car, actually. Will car cameras remain confined to driving assist functions, or will they evolve into a new way of seeing and sensing the roads and the world around them? The question of what can
In the last 10 years, there have been almost 60,000 road incidents involving work zones in Ohio, with more than 14,000 of them resulting in either injuries or fatalities. Last year was the worst year for work zone crashes [https://www.cleveland19.com/2020/04/20/move-over-ohio-odot-says-was-worst-year-work-zone-crashes/] resulting
Nexar generates the world’s largest independent vision dataset providing AV creators with the anomalous data they need for training along with mapping and change detection
Using video footage captured by on-board cameras, Nexar’s technology provides drivers and insurance companies with a detailed reconstruction of the actions of all parties involved in a collision Nexar, a leading AI computer vision company, announced today the release of the first-ever collision reconstruction platform using raw camera data,
A shared understanding of the road What if cars could “communicate” to create a common understanding of the road they are in? Actually, they already do. You’re driving: you see a brake light ahead. You brake instinctively, trying to avoid a rear-end collision. This is basic communication, and it’
The market for Alternative Data has evolved dramatically in recent years for both buyers and sellers. I’ve been fortunate to witness this movement first hand at three separate companies. Though each was leveraging differentiated data & processes, the challenges were similar. I’m constantly reminded of these lessons as
A few weeks ago we published our first mobility report. We’re back with more interesting data! To download the entire report please go here [https://web.getnexar.com/report] To download the entire report please go here [https://web.getnexar.com/report] The increase in driving activity across our
What it takes to create a crowd-sourced identification of free, on-street, parking During February 2021 we used images collected from dash cams and AI to map on-street parking spots in Milan. We wanted to understand the city’s curb-side and prove the value of real-time, free-parking-spot detections for drivers and
We’re working on a product we call Nexar Streets [https://data.getnexar.com/product/street/]. It lets you explore the world in real-time through the images captured by our dash cam network. As part of testing it, we decided to look for a fairly ubiquitous component of the American
The First Internet The computer industry of the 1980s was based on a simple premise. It saw continuous hardware improvements that led to exponential growth in computation capabilities. This made it worthwhile to create high-value software. A decade later, in the 1990s, the Internet and HTTP became mainstream, computers connected
Real-time imagery can help understand how behaviour on the streets impacts the spread of COVID-19 We’ve all heard the debates about wearing face masks during the Coronavirus pandemic. We’d like to ask a different question: whether people behave as they self-report when it comes to face mask wearing
When people pair a smart Nexar dash cam with the Nexar app, they join our connected network, where every vehicle is learning in real time about its surroundings thanks to other vehicles around it. Hard brakes, collisions, oncoming traffic — it’s a virtuous circle of information sharing. Over the past