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ANNOUNCEMENT: 12th OADF meeting and 1st NDS Public Conference on June 12-13, 2019 in Munich

On June 13, 2019, the NDS Association invites to its 1st NDS Public Conference. The event will be collocated with the 12th Open Auto Drive Forum (OADF) Meeting on June 12, 2019 and will take place in the Leonardo Royal Hotel in Munich, Germany:

  • 12th OADF Meeting on June 12, 2019, 09:30-17:00
  • 1st NDS Public Conference on June 13, 2019, 09:00-15:00

UPDATE: the detailed agenda filled with interesting speeches for both days is available!

The registration is open until May 24, 2019.

What is the NDS Association?

NDS is a registered association with the vision of providing a leading world-wide map standard for automotive grade use. The NDS Association consists of car manufacturers, application/compiler developers, map and service providers.

What is the situation?

  • Worldwide success of navigation, but high effort maintaining proprietary formats
  • Cost is the challenge in a competitive market

The mission of the NDS Association

The NDS association innovates automotive grade map technology by defining the NDS standard with the following objectives:

  • Technical furtherance of the development of a standard for data used for navigation and map-based driver assistance as well as selected interfaces.
  • Standardized methods and solutions for the effective use and update of navigation data.
  • Furtherance of the dissemination of the standard for navigation data.
  • Licensing of the standard for navigation data.
  • Certification of the conformity of navigation data with the standard and certification of the conformity of systems with the standard, which support interfaces of the navigation data.

In order to fulfil this mission, the NDS Association supports NDS projects, evolves the standard and grows the association.

News

  • NDS released the NDS Open Lane Model (download); Press Release available in English, French, German and Japanese.
  • May 2018: Martin Schleicher (Elektrobit) and Nico Glorius (NavInfo) were elected as SC Chairman/Vice Chairman.
  • The new NDS Flyer is available (download)!
  • NDS was represented at the ITS World Congress in Copenhagen on September 17-21, 2018 with an own stand and within the panel discussion of the Open Auto Drive Forum
  • 2019: NDS welcomes its new member Tencent!
  • The NDS Chairman Martin Schleicher from Elektrobit spoke on NDS and the Open Auto Drive Forum at the Autonomous Vehicle Symposium on June 21, 2019 in Stuttgart, Germany (download presentation)!

more news

Releases of NDS

  • 13.03.2018: Release of NDS version 2.5.3
  • 11.06.2018: Release of NDS version 2.4.6
  • 12.12.2018: Release of NDS version 2.5.4

more releases

Open Auto Drive Forum

The Open Auto Drive Forum (OADF) is a platform for all stakeholders in the area of digital maps and autonomous driving.

The Standard - Features of NDS

The NDS standard provides:

Compatibility and interoperability

Compatibility and interoperability for the exchange of map data between NDS compliant systems is the key objective of the NDS format.

Separation of application software & map data

In today’s navigation systems the application software and the map data are combined. A separation of the two creates the desired flexibility between NDS compliant systems.

Updates

At present, a variety of different update media and several update mechanisms are available for several in-car systems or mobile clients. NDS provides a harmonised format for different systems, and flexibility regarding map composing and map update.

Further features / objectives

Beside the features mentioned above, NDS assures:

  • World-wide usability
  • Format compactness and efficiency
  • Support of different distribution and work media
  • Map enhancements like 3D objects and detailed maps for cities as well as driver assistance functions
  • Flexibility in terms of extension and inclusion of proprietary data
  • Prevention of illegal copying
  • Validation of the format interoperability by a conformance checking tool

The Navigation Data Standard is also described in Wikipedia articles in Chinese, English, German and Japanese.

Partners - The Team

Vehicle Manufacturers


Application/Compiler Developers, Map Data Providers, Service Providers


Selected NDS Products

EB street director
Product picture EB_street_director
Brand EB+Elektrobit_RGB
NDS versions 2.3, 2.4
Region Worldwide, except for Japan and Korea
Year of release 2006 / 2014 (NDS support)
More information Link
EB Assist ADASISv2 Map Information Toolbox (including EB street director ADASISv2 Horizon Provider)
Product picture EB_Assist_Electronic_horizon_solution
Brand EB+Elektrobit_RGB
NDS versions
Region Worldwide, except for Japan and Korea (map material not included)
Year of release 2015
More information Link
Compilation for Garmin NTG5E for Mercedes Benz Map Pilot
Product picture Bild1 (2)
Brand logo-mapscape
NDS versions
Region Worldwide including Europe, North America, China
Year of release 2013
Volkswagen – Discover Media
Product picture 2-VW-Navi-Einbau
Brand VW SEAT SKODA
Suppliers EB
navinfologo-mapscape
Techni
NDS versions 2.3.2
Region Worldwide including Europe, North America, China
Year of release 2014
Daimler Vehicles with Garmin MAP PILOT Entry Navigation
Product picture daimler
Brand Daimler
NDS versions
Region Europe, North-America
Year of release C-Class March 2014, V-Class May 2014
More information Link
TomTom NDS Maps
Product picture puzzlepiece
Brand TomTom
NDS versions 2.4
Region Global
Year of release 2014
More information Link
TomTom Online Routing
Product picture LogoWhite
Brand TomTom
NDS versions
Region Global
Year of release 2014
More information Link
TomTom Online Maps
Product picture
Brand TomTom
NDS versions
Region Global
Year of release 2015
More information Link
Volvo SPA Infotainment
Product picture
Brand HERE
NDS versions 2.2.1
Region Worldwide, except for Japan
Year of release 2016
More information Link

News - Recent Activities

Events/Publications/Presentations

  • 2018: NDS welcomes its new members Bertrandt, Kuandeng and SK Telecom!
  • The 11th Open Auto Drive Forum meeting was hosted by Volkswagen Group of America in Belmont, CA, USA on February 5, 2019 (show article).
    11thoadf
    The OADF Steering Committee members welcomes the 5th member organisation SIP-adus
  • NDS was represented at the ITS World Congress in Copenhagen on September 17-21 with an own stand and the Panel Discussion 'SIS66: Open Auto Drive Forum: A New Cooperation Approach for an Automated Driving Ecosystem'.
    its2018
    The OADF Panel Discussion
  • The 10th Open Auto Drive Forum meeting was hosted by Wuhan Kotei Big Data in Wuhan, China on July 12, 2018 (show article).
    10thoadf
    The OADF Steering Committee with the host of the meeting
  • Philip Hubertus from HERE spoke on NDS and the Open Auto Drive Forum at the Autonomous Vehicle Symposium on June 5, 2018 in Stuttgart, Germany (download presentation).
  • The NDS General Assembly 2018 was hosted on May 24 by Navis AMS in Busan, South Korea. In the assembly, Elektrobit (Mr. Martin Schleicher) was elected as new Chairman and NavInfo (Mr. Nico Glorius) was elected as new Vice-Chairman.
    General Assembly 2018 hosted by Navis AMS in Busan, South Korea

former events/publications/presentations

Recent and Upcoming Meetings

  • 13.06.2019: 1st NDS Public Conference, NDS General Assembly 2019 and Joint SC/TC Meeting in Munich, Germany
  • 12.06.2019: 12th OADF meeting in Munich, Germany
  • 15.05.2019: NDS SC Meeting
  • 14.05.2019: NDS TC Meeting
  • 26.03.2019: NDS SC Meeting
  • 20.03.2019: NDS TC Meeting
  • 05.02.2019: 11th OADF meeting in Belmont, CA, USA
  • 24.01.2019: NDS SC Meeting
  • 22.01.2019: NDS TC Meeting

Releases of NDS

  • 12.12.2018: Release of NDS version 2.5.4
  • 11.06.2018: Release of NDS version 2.4.6
  • 13.03.2018: Release of NDS version 2.5.3
  • 01.02.2018: Release of NDS version 2.4.5
  • 03.07.2017: Release of NDS version 2.5.2
  • 27.01.2017: Release of NDS version 2.4.4
  • 17.10.2016: Release of NDS version 2.5.1
  • 31.05.2016: Release of NDS version 2.5.0
  • 04.02.2016: Release of NDS version 2.4.3
  • 30.01.2015: Release of NDS version 2.4.2
  • 24.04.2014: Release of NDS version 2.4.1
  • 22.04.2014: Release of NDS version 2.4.0
  • 15.04.2014: Release of NDS version 2.3.3
  • 05.07.2013: Release of NDS version 2.3.2
  • 15.11.2012: Release of NDS version 2.3.1
  • 02.11.2012: Release of NDS version 2.3
  • 10.02.2012: Release of NDS version 2.2.1
  • 26.06.2011: Patch release 2.1.1.10
  • 15.03.2010: Release of NDS version 2.1.1

Contact - Get in Touch

Administration

Navigation Data Standard (NDS) e.V.
c/o Dr. Markus Junker
Irion & Junker Projektmanagement GmbH
Am Rechental 17
D-66903 Gries, Germany

Phone: +49 6373 8941 43
Fax: +49 6373 8941 56
E-Mail:

Legal Address

Navigation Data Standard (NDS) e.V.
c/o EEMF/2, Navigation
Volkswagen AG
Berliner Ring 2
D-38440 Wolfsburg, Germany

VR 200738, Amtsgericht Braunschweig
Tax Identification Number 19/218/13587

Board Address

Navigation Data Standard (NDS) e.V.

 

Chairman Mr. Martin Schleicher
Elektrobit Automotive GmbH
Am Wolfsmantel 46
91058 Erlangen, Germany
E-Mail:

 

Vice-Chairman Mr. Nico Glorius
NavInfo Co. Ltd
Tower A, NavInfo Mansion
Fenghao East Road, Haidan District
Beijing, P.R. China
E-Mail:

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