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

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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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