Interactive Navigation

Many providers develop navigational solutions, such as maps and 3D models, but Luxoft stands out in this area. What makes Luxoft different? Our work focuses on interactive navigation. Luxoft’s approach assumes that the vehicle’s navigation system ought to provide the user with maximum information about their immediate surroundings and to update this information as it changes. It should pro-actively provide what the user want and needs, and filter out irrelevant information. Luxoft develops interactive navigational features to provide our partners with innovative solutions that make their navigation systems more convenient, usable, and competitive.

GLONASS

As of January 2013, it is expected that all cars sold in Russia will have to be equipped with the ERA GLONASS emergency response system. Automotive OEMs will need to develop Russia-specific solutions to stay compliant. As a partner and software provider of NIS GLONASS, an official operator of ERA GLONASS system, Luxoft has the expertise to help reduce time and cost of the compliance. This is how Luxoft can help your company thrive in the booming Russian automotive market:

• Adapt the existing IVI and Telematics systems to ERA GLONASS requirements;
• Develop complete ERA GLONASS-enabled IVI, Telematics and emergency response systems in cooperation with hardware suppliers;
• Implement additional services over ERA GLONASS infrastructure to capture the commercial opportunities that the new technology offers;
• Establish local partnerships.

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GPS

Luxoft specializes in a broad range of GPS-equipped products. We work with GPS from top to bottom: from GPS chip support and UART-based motherboards, to geo-tagging and geo-caching applications.

Luxoft has extensive experience in GPS receiver communications, including NMEA and other, proprietary data streams. We provide services that process raw satellite information, manage hardware, and integrate map applications. Luxoft’s GPS solutions include dead reckoning capabilities for urban areas, integration for assisted GPS (A-GPS) systems, the incorporation of raw data into real-time multimedia applications, and the adaptation of non-standard chip sets.

Luxoft’s engineers work with a wide range of GPS devices that are available through our partners, including PND-based mobile resources, hands-free gadgets, and head units.

Hardware integration and verification

Luxoft provides automotive software solutions and the associated hardware-related services that require the specialized expertise and advanced skill sets needed for automotive technology hardware integration and verification (testing).

Hardware integration services are provided in the form of Board Support Packages (BSP) for multiple automotive communications, infotainment, and other mechanisms; and it includes the required drivers, protocols, services and system components.

Hardware verification services include testing and debugging newly designed automotive computer equipment and peripherals. In addition, Luxoft supports hardware interoperability.

Luxoft’s engineers have solid expertise in a broad range of automotive technologies, such as MOST, CAN, and LIN, and are uniquely qualified to develop solution extensions that give our partners a competitive edge over other firms. Luxoft’s cutting-edge automotive solutions include wireless CAN extensions, remote accessories connectivity and wireless video data transfer.

Maps

At Luxoft, we know that map making is both an art and a science. Our navigation team has perfected the art of map processing by creating competitive content with the rigorous application of science in coordinate conversion, localization, verification, and route tracking.

Luxoft provides map tooling, integration, and verification services, along with solution development for updating, actualization, and dynamic Points of Interest (POI) management.

Our geographical presence in Eastern Europe is an advantage for our partners who need professional, top-notch maps of the lesser-known areas in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova.

Location-based services

Location-based services (LBS) that make use of global positioning to provide information and entertainment is an emerging trend in the automotive industry. Luxoft stays ahead of the trend by providing innovative in-vehicle LBS features based on what consumers want the most: places of interest, traffic and detour notification, radar detection, and social networking.

Luxoft’s solutions for dynamic POI management, inter-car information exchange, and in-vehicle social networking provide our partners with the LBS features that give their products the competitive edge of convenience and innovation.