Overview
Automated Driving Zones (ADZ) let you create and edit Operational Design Domain (ODD) maps for governing the activities of automated vehicles. With HERE ADZ, automotive OEMs can easily define and manage in-vehicle ODD maps for enhanced ADAS and AD functionality.
ADZ provides map creation tools through a web application and assorted HERE APIs. These maps can contain layers of information based on static and dynamic HERE map content.
HERE ADZ supports the following use cases:
- Manual and automated editing via both web app and API
- Full ODD creation workflow, from map generation based on custom content through real-world validation, review, approval, and future updates.
- Create custom ODDs for various AD functionalities, such as construction zones and cross-country regulations
- Designate restrictions and guidance based on vehicle class (sedan, SUV, truck)
- Distribute company-specific ODDs across vehicles of different types, automated capabilities, and software versions
- Deliver ODDs based on up-to-date map content
- Ensure AD function compliance with local, regional, and global regulations, including UN R171, UN R157, NHTSA, and GB/T 40000-2021
Note
HERE ADZ is currently available for North America and Western Europe. Future releases are planned for ADZ in Japan and South Korea.
Key concepts
Action roles provide the fundamental function of Automated Driving Zones. A user with an assigned Action Role can execute actions assigned to the role, which can involve reading, writing, and modifying attribute sets.
Within each ADZ space are four user groups. The groups are defined as:
| Group Name | Description |
|---|---|
| space-users | Non-admin users and applications with access to the ADZ space. Users are automatically added to this group after their first login. Admins and Super Admins can assign action roles to the users and applications in this group. |
| space-admin | A group created by HERE for the organization which contains the ADZ space(s). Members are admins and super admins. By default, users in this group cannot modify anything in the content catalog. |
| space-manager | A group for users who need to access and modify catalogs in the space. |
| avb-service | A group for users who need to access and modify the output catalog for AVB. |
Terminology
| Term | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Action | A request created by a user or system which is executed by the ADZ application in order to modify the attributes of an ODD | Copy from proposed to final, Delete final, Reject proposed |
| Action role | A named role with permissions to execute certain kinds of actions | Editor, Reviewer, Viewer |
| Attribute set | A collection of attributes that apply to the entire scope of the space. Each set is uniquely identified by an attribute set | ID. |
| Attribute set ID | Unique URN identifier of an Attribute set. The word in the first portion of the id refers is called the State. | proposed:suv:v1, live:suv:v2 |
| Platform user ID | A unique identifier for a HERE platform user. User IDs are displayed when someone uses the ADZ GUI. | HERE-c5468340-7056-4584-bde6-000000000000 |
| Platform app id | A unique identifier for a HERE platform app interacting with ADZ via APIs | y35LReplKabbm0A6K5bk-NrA |
| User management role | A management role within team management which defines what permissions they can assign to other users. For more information, see the web app guide. | Super admin, Admin, User |
| Space user id |