HERE GLOBAL B.V.

Their core work

HERE Global B.V. is a major location data and mapping platform company, providing geospatial intelligence, routing, and real-time traffic data services to the automotive, logistics, and transport industries. In H2020 projects, they contribute their location platform capabilities — map data, spatial analytics, and data marketplace infrastructure — to multimodal transport and mobility data-sharing initiatives. Their role centers on enabling interoperable, privacy-compliant data exchange across transport modes, turning raw vehicle and mobility data into usable services for journey planning, traffic management, and urban mobility.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

HERE's early H2020 work (2015-2018) focused on two parallel tracks: building automotive data marketplaces (AutoMat) and enabling interoperable multimodal rail journey planning (IT2RAIL). After a gap, their most recent project MobiDataLab (2021-2024) marks a shift toward open mobility data ecosystems — emphasizing data sharing culture, open data catalogues, and collaborative cloud prototyping through living labs. The trajectory shows a clear move from proprietary vehicle data services toward open, shared mobility data infrastructure.

HERE is moving from proprietary data marketplace models toward open, collaborative mobility data-sharing platforms — making them a strong partner for projects requiring trusted, multi-party transport data infrastructure.

How they like to work

HERE consistently participates as a partner, never as coordinator, which reflects their role as a technology and data provider within larger consortia rather than a project leader. With 59 unique partners across 13 countries from just 3 projects, they operate in large, diverse consortia typical of major transport innovation actions. This suggests they are easy to integrate into large partnerships and bring established industry credibility without competing for the coordination role.

HERE has collaborated with 59 unique partners across 13 countries through just 3 projects, indicating involvement in large-scale European transport consortia. Their network spans a wide European geography, consistent with their global brand presence in the mapping and location services industry.

What sets them apart

HERE brings something few partners can: a production-grade, global-scale location and mapping platform already used by major automakers and logistics companies. While many research partners prototype data platforms from scratch, HERE contributes real infrastructure with real-world deployment experience. For consortium builders, this means a partner who can bridge the gap between research prototypes and commercially viable mobility data services.

Highlights from their portfolio

• AutoMat
  Largest funded project (€344K) — tackled the commercially ambitious goal of creating a cross-sectorial marketplace for automotive big data, directly linked to HERE's core business.
• MobiDataLab
  Most recent project (2021-2024) signals HERE's strategic pivot toward open mobility data ecosystems, cloud prototyping, and collaborative living lab methodologies.