PressClub Global · Article.
BMW at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2015 in Las Vegas. New-look navigation maps from Nokia HERE.
Mon Jan 05 14:40:00 CET 2015 Press Release
Munich/Las Vegas. BMW’s in-house developed intelligent app technology allows rapid in-car integration of the latest digital services and apps. One example is the research app being debuted by Nokia’s navigation subsidiary HERE at its stand at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2015 in Las Vegas.
Press Contact.
Osama El-Sherif
BMW Group
Tel: +971-4-3129-964
send an e-mail
This article in other PressClubs
Munich/Las Vegas. BMW’s in-house developed intelligent app technology allows rapid in-car integration of the latest digital services and apps. One example is the research app being debuted by Nokia’s navigation subsidiary HERE at its stand at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2015 in Las Vegas. At this venue, BMW ConnectedDrive is presenting a BMW i3 equipped with cloud-based connectivity and a HERE app that synchronises digital devices such as a smartphone with the vehicle’s navigation system. Destinations entered on the smartphone using the HERE Companion App are simultaneously imported to the car, where they can be used right away by the navigation system to compute a route, or can be saved as favourites. The cloud system also allows “over-the-air” updating, for example of navigation maps. Equally impressive is the high resolution of the map display in the exhibited BMW i3. This display, which takes quality to new levels, is three-dimensional and detailed. The navigation route is perfectly integrated in the 3D view and can be quickly interpreted and understood by users. Using HERE, the BMW i3 can also share destination addresses or estimated times of arrival with contacts, via text or email.
BMW i3 with cloud-based connectivity.
Thank to the rapid proliferation of smartphones and the steady
stream of new services offered by such devices, users now expect a
high level of connectivity between driver, vehicle and environment.
The trend towards cloud computing caters to these demands by
harnessing the capacity of external servers for use by connected
digital devices. The in-car network of the BMW i3 on show at CES is
connected via the BMW backend with such a cloud system, allowing the
vehicle to exchange data with connected devices. Amongst other things,
the HERE Companion App can be used on a smartphone or home PC to
provide easy route planning. Destinations can be imported directly to
the car, where they are immediately available for use by the
navigation system. In the same way, address data for a point of
interest can be transferred from a smartphone to the BMW i3 with equal simplicity.
The research app being exhibited at CES also uses the cloud for “over-the-air” data updating. This means the BMW i3’s Nokia Here navigation maps can be updated without having to use external data storage media. As a result, the vehicle always automatically has access to the most up-to-date map data, which can be used for intelligent navigation and other tasks.
HERE embedded in navigation system.
HERE appears as a specific menu option in the BMW i3’s
multimedia menu, which users can click on to share destination
addresses. For example, destinations that have been saved in the
navigation system as favourites can be mailed or texted to business
contacts, or the estimated time of arrival for a given journey can be
mailed or texted to family members or friends. These functions are
further examples of the improved information quality offered by
connected vehicles.
Map display provides a more immersive user experience.
The navigation map display in the BMW i3 Control Display
achieves a new level of quality. In particular, it features more
accurate detail, 3D rendering and a highly realistic depiction of the
planned route. Buildings that could potentially block the view of the
route are shown in semi-transparent form. They are still depicted in
their entirety but do not interrupt the view of the route, which
remains visible behind them. Users can also display features such as
intersections in realistic detail so as to prepare themselves in
advance for complicated driving manoeuvres.