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Sanborn HD Maps – Complex Urban Datasets

Sanborn has produced complex HD Map urban datasets for dozens of customers across the US and EU and has experience mapping all types of urban environments, including dense urban cores, large commercial and retail zones, as well as suburban and residential areas. For example, Sanborn has collected multi-year aerial and street-level data for the Silicon Valley area (Santa Clara) as well as Sunnyvale (Heritage District), Palo Alto, 101 corridors, and surrounding locations. Sanborn teams are refreshing and expanding these maps with updated data – showcasing Sanborn advanced change detection algorithms and road network feature update programs.

HD Map – Precision 3D Road Network Data Features:


  • All road network features are available as precision 3D global data files (GeoJSON, ShapeFiles, and CSV in WGS-84 Ellipsoidal projection).
  • All road network features are attributed and classified for the most sophisticated autonomous driving programs.
  • Datasets are available for all environments and levels of autonomous drive testing complexity – Freeway, Complex Urban, Complex Parking, etc.

  • Complex Urban HD Map datasets deliver high-precision road feature intelligence:

    A. Painted Lines – Painted lines assembled as precision 3D map features, polygons, and lines.

    B. Signs – Signs represented as locational precision XYZ features designed to guide the most advanced target recognition for high precision optical localization.

    C. 3D Building Models – Buildings constructed and attributed with height points for advanced 3D City Model visualization.

    D. Signals and Stop Lines – Traffic signals and stop lines collected in absolute 3D XYZ space delivering precise locations for intersection control protocols.

    E. Semantic Data – Lanes, Junctions, Road Segments, DRIVELINZE™, are assembled with the industry’s most robust attribution tables.


For more information or to order Sanborn HD Maps Products or Services, call Sanborn customer service at 1.866.SANBORN (1.866.726.2676), or contact us by e-mail at information@sanborn.com.