Editor's note: When this partnership was first announced, Vantor was known as Maxar. This blog has been updated to reference our current brand.

Leading mampaking company TomTom has officially integrated Vantor Vivid Mosaic imagery basemaps into its consumer and business mapping solutions. TomTom's products serve drivers, carmakers, global supply chain operators, and developers, and with the integration of Vantor's spatial intelligence, its digital maps just became more robust for millions of people around the world.

The integration of Vivid Mosaic delivers a current, real-life contextual layer across Earth’s entire surface, allowing users to toggle between digitally derived navigation map views and Vantor's high-resolution satellite imagery.

Vantor's imagery basemaps provide a high-accuracy, cloud-free, seamless view of Earth with vivid natural color and precise visual clarity, serving as a powerful imagery layer over large areas to support mapping, visualization and analytics.

Vivid Mosaic basemaps are refreshed frequently to maintain image currency. This allows TomTom to provide up-to-date satellite imagery to their end users that reflect the current environment

Furthermore, with access to high-resolution imagery via the Vantor Hub, TomTom is able to quickly validate changes and make updates to its map layers derived from satellite imagery, such as roads, buildings, and public spaces. The Vantor Hub offers simple access to more than 20 years' worth of Maxar satellite imagery, including more than 3 million sq km of imagery captured daily.

The integration of Vantor satellite imagery into TomTom services and applications has tangible outcomes for the people who rely on TomTom’s maps to safely and efficiently move through their environments.

Here are a few more examples of how Vivid Mosaic basemaps could benefit key customer segments:

Accurate in-vehicle navigation applications allow drivers to trust their maps and focus on the driving experience. Vivid Mosaic basemaps provide a real-life visual reference of Earth’s surface for drivers, giving greater situational awareness of where they are and where they’re going. For casual drivers, high-resolution satellite imagery can help with ground-level orientation when traveling through unfamiliar areas.

For last-mile delivery operators, Vivid Mosaic basemaps enable drivers to both visualize the end address and locate the actual front door or loading area, ultimately improving delivery time by reducing the amount of time searching on-site for the precise drop-off location.

For Fleet Managers efficiency is key. Keeping track of multiple vehicles, drivers and assets requires accurate and current information. Vivid Mosaic basemaps allows them to visually confirm their drivers are taking the best, most effective route for on-time deliveries.

Successful pickups for ride-hailing services can make or break an overall experience, and pickup might not be as straightforward as sharing one’s GPS location. Sometimes a rider gives location details that don’t always show up on maps, such as, “I’m on the west side of the large fountain on Fifth Street.” With the availability of the Vivid Mosaic basemaps layer, drivers can immediately view a high-resolution image that reflects the current reality on the ground, allowing the driver to quickly orient themselves and safely navigate to the closest spot for pickup.

By integrating Vivid imagery basemaps into its consumer and enterprise maps, TomTom is providing a better map experience and an additional—very important—visual contextual layer of Earth’s surface that reliably reflects reality.

How can Vivid Mosaic basemaps help your business?

Our imagery basemaps enhance mapping solutions by providing readily available image layers with unmatched global accuracy, stunning visual clarity, automatic annual updates and flexible access options.