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Plenary Session 5: High-Definition Mapping and Visual Positioning Systems: NextGen Geospatial Platforms for Business Enterprises and Location Intelligence | GWF 2026
This panel session from Geospatial World Forum 2026 brings together leaders from Ordnance Survey, Google Maps, TomTom, Carto, Tech Mahindra, and Overture Maps Foundation to explore how high-definition mapping and visual positioning systems are reshaping geospatial infrastructure for enterprises, autonomous systems, and location intelligence at scale.
Moderator: Archita Shaktawat, Director – Consulting, Geospatial World
Speakers:
• Nick Bolton, CEO, Ordnance Survey, UK
• Miriam Daniel, VP and GM - Google Maps, Google
• Birendra Sen, President - Business Process Services, Tech Mahindra
• Will Mortenson, Executive Director, Overture Maps Foundation
• Mike Gilbert, VP - Product Management, TomTom
• Javier de la Torre, Chief Strategy Officer, CARTO
Timestamps:
00:00 – Introduction
01:35 – Nick (Ordnance Survey): National mapping agencies, sovereignty & platform modernization
03:47 – Miriam (Google Maps): HD mapping, enterprise platforms & AI-powered geospatial reasoning
06:35 – Birendra (Tech Mahindra): Enterprise readiness gap & operationalizing real-time geospatial data
08:34 – Will (Overture Maps Foundation): Base maps as shared utility & common frameworks
10:24 – Mike (TomTom): HD maps, map less autonomy & lane-model economics
13:09 – Javier (Carto): Spatial AI, agents & cloud-native geospatial infrastructure
15:39 – Risk in real-time mapping dependencies
21:05 – End-to-end latency in enterprise map systems
27:38 – Collaboration, freshness & shared data standards at scale
29:58 – NMA–private sector partnership models
37:25 – Foundational models & spatial AI for imperfect inputs
44:37 – VPS: From technical capability to commercial viability
52:13 – Panel closing takeaways
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