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11 high-definition 3D maps of city surroundings called Fingerprint Base Map TM . Mr Safko likens the Fingerprint technology to that used by the mobile app Shazam, which is able to identify a song after listening to it for just a few seconds. “This is possible as the app has proactively ‘listened’ to music and encoded entire pieces as metadata. The snip- pet of a song can then be matched with the metadata and recognised. Similarly, we take snippets of data derived from the sensors of a self-driving car and match it with the meta- data encoded in our 3D maps. This makes it possible to localise vehicles with centimetre level accuracy. The edge-based technology runs on lightweight Arm architecture and requires limited storage and networking re- sources.” A Luxembourg HQ for the European market Originally focusing on the North Ameri- can market, Civil Maps’ interest in Europe started to grow a couple of years ago as the company saw European companies catching up with and even overtaking their American competitors in the field of autonomous ve- hicle technology. Several large corporations are using Civil Maps’ technology today to develop and manage their fleets of self-driv- ing vehicles. In order to further develop its collaboration with European clients, the company decided to set up a regional head- quarters in Luxembourg. “Luxembourg is very conveniently located next to France, Germany and a couple of other countries that we are addressing,” explains Mr Safko. “When you visit, you can see that there is a momentum building in the region.” The company also had other reasons for choosing Luxembourg. “There is an incredible pool of people actively seeking out smart mobility companies who are truly interested in making this happen in Luxembourg. You don’t see that in other regions,” Mr Safko claims. “Luxinnovation, the national innova- tion agency, and other organisations proac- tively helped us deal with issues that came up when we started the company: getting a VAT number, meeting recruiters, finding tem- porary office space and establishing a bank account, all within a few days. These types of problem solving capabilities go very far when you are a start-up and need to move and iterate quickly.” Image: © Marie De Decker STEUER BERATUNG Digi tal • Einfach • Ef f izient MAUSS & COLL . S T E U E R B E R A T U N G S G E S E L L S C H A F T M B H Von-Rosen-Straße 12 Sander-Straße 28 66482 Zweibrücken 66901 Schönenberg-Kübelberg Telefon 06332 9230-0 Telefon 06373 3220 c.mauss@mauss-kollegen.de · maussundcoll.de Advertisments of this issue Torpedo Gruppe 2 Netzwerk ohne Grenzen 4 Krüger Druck+Verlag 7 GmbH & Co KG OEM&Lieferant, crossmediale 9 Fachzeitschrift für die Automobil- und Zulieferindustrie Mauss & Coll Steuerberatungs- 11 gesellschaft mbh INFOSERVE GmbH 13 LUXEMBOURG TRADE & INVEST 17 Davies Business English 19 ODION Software 21 für Bessermacher HR Consulting 22 Rudolf Müller GmbH NTC NANO TECH COATINGS 23 BorgWarner 25 ServiceXpert GmbH 31 autoregion e.V. 33 KST Motorenversuch 35 Logo directory 36