Inside Map Visualization at TomTom: Why it Matters & What it Takes with Rok Erjavec | Enginears Podcast

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00:00 - Enginears Intro.

01:30 - Rok Intro.

03:30 - The evolution of TomTom.

05:26 - What is map visualisation?

07:07 - Thinking behind why it is Open Source (industry driven)?

08:49 - What is the plan with the Open Sourcing mapping data?

10:26 - What do the teams on map visualisation do?

13:33 - The key critical engineering challenges in the map visualisation unit?

15:33 - What is the process of taking the geospatial data to create map visuals?

18:03 - Comparing the size of data.

19:35 - How are TomTom process, cleaning and utilsing the data?

22:24 - What tools & technologies are used and why?

26:55 - Will C++ continue to be used?

28:30 - The introduction of Rust language.

30:05 - TomTom's organisation layout (team wise) and their day-to-day.

32:57 - Growth plans at TomTom.

34:42 - Use case of Booking.com utilising TomTom.

36:56 - Closing statements by Elliot.

38:35 - Enginears Outro.

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