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2024 15

  1. What do you think about connected insurance based on GPS tracking? Iva Žagar - 24/10/2019 | 2 min read Insurtech Risk Prediction Telematic Big Data I know you haven't had an accident in 15 years. That's why we're raising your rates. Because you're about due one. (Jantoo Cartoons)
  2. Mireo SpaceTime – an absurdly fast moving objects database Miljen Mikić - 20/04/2020 | 5 min read Telematic Big Data SpaceTime A high-speed, moving objects database provides remarkable analytical tools speed, sometimes outperforming other solutions by three orders of magnitude.
  3. Are posted speed limits sometimes plainly wrong? Dijana Matošević - 17/12/2019 | 9 min read Telematics Big Data Traffic analysis Urban mobility We questioned the credibility of posted speed limits using Big Data Analysis built in SpaceTime. We identified locations where...
  4. Compiling SQL queries for Mireo SpaceTime Ivan Sikirić - 22/11/2019 | 7 min read SpaceTime Programming SQL We built a distributed storage engine capable of storing and indexing trillions of entries and optimized a way of querying spatiotemporal data.
  5. Have you ever thought about how much time you spend in traffic? Iva Žagar - 02/09/2019 | 2 min read Automotive GPS Navigation Stuck in a traffic jam is not an excuse. It's a sign of bad planning. It's something to think about it, for sure.
  6. One of the greatest barriers to the adoption of electric vehicles is? Iva Žagar - 08/09/2019 | 3 min read Automotive Electric cars Range Anxiety Telematic Big Data One of the greatest barriers to the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is range anxiety. Electric vehicles have a limited range and lon
  7. Why would a normal person build their own spatiotemporal database? Miljen Mikić - 06/11/2019 | 4 min read Telematic Big Data SpaceTime Storing and analyzing a large amount of spatiotemporal real-time data requires special treatment in choosing data structures and query algorithms.
  8. Was it my way, or was it highway? An introduction to map matching. Tomislav Gracin - 15/11/2019 | 4 min read Programming SpaceTime Map matching Map matching is a process of matching received vehicle coordinates with most likely road segment of a digital road map.
  9. Do you know how your mobile device knows where you are? Nikola Greb - 31/10/2019 | 2 min read General The process, in a nutshell, is quite simple – GPS receiver in your mobile phone gets radio signals from GPS satellites in the space.
  10. The Story of Bringing Genius Maps to CarPlay Grga Ćurković - 27/04/2020 | 4 min read Automotive GPS navigation On WWDC 2018 Apple announced third-party applications will be added to CarPlay; with a billion compatible devices on the market CarPlay was the way to go.
  11. Gently down the stream processing Luka Miljak - 29/11/2019 | 4 min read SpaceTime Programming Kafka How to perform real-time processing when data ingestion rates are measured in millions of entries per second?
  12. Parsing and planning SQL queries with Apache Calcite – Part 1 Zvonimir Jurelinac - 12/12/2019 | 5 min read SpaceTime Programming Apache Calcite To get the results, an SQL query must be parsed, validated, planned, optimized, and finally executed on a query engine. Apache Calcite can help with that.
  13. Can GPS read your mind? AI predicts your next destination Vili Krainz - 05/04/2020 | 6 min read Automotive GPS navigation We developed an AI which learns your driving patterns and can accurately predict your next destination based on current situation.
  14. Picking up the bread crumbs Tomislav Gracin - 14/04/2020 | 5 min read Programming SpaceTime Map matching We take projections of the GPS position to the all nearby roads and intersections and consider them candidates for the actual (real-life) position.
  15. Big Data analytics in fighting and preventing the spread of COVID-19 Guido Cognoli - 16/04/2020 | 2 min read Telematics Big Data Traffic analysis Urban mobility COVID-19 Governments and institutions are considering using Big Data analysis to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus infection.

2023 9

  1. Overview of congestion pricing systems Nikola Greb - 04/05/2020 | 8 min read Congestion charging Telematic Big Data Pros and cons of GPS congestion pricing comparing to tolling gantries according to principles of efficient congestion pricing.
  2. Security in public transport Nikola Greb - 11/05/2020 | 5 min read Telematics Big Data Traffic analysis Urban mobility Public transport security solutions with an emphasis on the panic button and GNSS tracking.
  3. loading="lazy" High school math in navigation application deployment Saša Bistrović - 18/05/2020 | 7 min read GPS navigation Programming If your navigation software runs nice and smooth on a device type A, it doesn't mean that it will run equally smooth on the device type B with the same OS.
  4. Why don't drivers respect speed limits on the Rijeka bypass? Dijana Matošević - 21/04/2021 | 4 min read Telematics Big Data Traffic analysis Urban mobility Is driving 80+ km/h on the Rijeka bypass hearsay or a fact? To question this statement, we decided to measure how fast real-world vehicles actua
  5. Speeding: Does the opportunity make a thief? Dijana Matošević - 28/12/2020 | 6 min read Telematics Big Data Traffic analysis Urban mobility COVID-19 Do you become a rally driver when the streets are empty? Analyzing GPS traces of 600.000 vehicles, we measured how likely drivers are to speed.
  6. How the travel patterns changed during the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy Dijana Matošević - 08/07/2020 | 5 min read Telematics Big Data Traffic analysis Urban mobility COVID-19 We present the Big Data movement analysis of 600.000+ vehicles driven throughout Italy, generated by using proprietary SpaceTi
  7. How an exception can lead to code optimization Tomislav Gracin - 26/02/2021 | 7 min read ProgrammingIntermediate In Mireo, we value the quality of code and performance more than releasing stuff fast. Services we write are supposed to run forever.
  8. Speeding hotspots in Zagreb city Dijana Matošević - 29/03/2021 | 2 min read Telematics Big Data Traffic analysis Urban mobility Using Mireo SpaceTime Roadway Analytics, we've detected the infamous Zagreb speeding hotspots, specifically the ones in which drivers speed more than 30 km/h above the post
  9. Does Zagreb need another Sava bridge? Dijana Matošević - 07/04/2021 | 4 min read Telematics Big Data Traffic analysis Urban mobility Can we use vehicle GPS tracking data to figure out whether a new bridge would help reduce congestions? Here's an interesting qualitative analysis of commuting patterns

2022 3

  1. The fastest bridge in Zagreb Dijana Matošević - 29/04/2021 | 4 min read Telematics Big Data Traffic analysis Urban mobility How well do you know traffic patterns in your city? We present traffic patterns across 3 central bridges in Zagreb, explaining the traffic jams in detail and revealing the slow
  2. How a China bank uses GPS tracking data to assess local factory's financial health? Ivica Siladić - 13/05/2021 | 4 min read SpaceTime How a China bank uses GPS tracking data to assess factory's financial health?
  3. Congestion charging - William Vickrey's dream becomes reality Ivica Siladić - 20/05/2021 | 5 min read Congestion charging Telematic Big Data High accuracy congestion charging using GPS telematics data

2021 21

  1. Compact Maps - What Can You Put in 12 MB Binary? Ivica Siladić - 29/06/2021 | 10 min read Compact MapsGPS navigationCompact Maps Mireo Compact Maps is functionally equivalent to the open-source suite MapTiler + Nominatim + GraphHopper. The complete Compact Maps functionality is contained in a single
  2. Why does Warren Buffet think that traditional car insurance doesn't have a future? Ivica Siladić - 22/06/2021 | 3 min read Insurtech Risk Prediction Telematic Big Data Mireo SpaceTime technology help insurers to make at least the first step in telematics transformation correctly. Mireo SpaceTime com
  3. The future of embedded navigation Grga Ćurković - 13/07/2021 | 3 min read Automotive GPS navigation Intelligent Speed Assistance The embedded navigation has never been more relevant, and there is a strong upward trend in embedding navigation in modern vehicles. The future is very bright for the embe
  4. Eliminating EV range anxiety - why we think Tesla got it right Vili Krainz - 20/07/2021 | 4 min read AutomotiveElectric carsRange Anxiety Range anxiety is still a widespread issue among EV owners and the ones looking to switch to EV. We leveraged machine learning to mitigate the problem and reassure
  5. Telematics help in better speed camera placement Dijana Matošević - 06/07/2021 | 4 min read Telematics Big Data Traffic analysis Urban mobility It's no secret that the motorists slow down when approaching the speed cameras, only to speed up just after passing them. Using highly advanced telematics d
  6. Digital innovations in urban mobility - future-ready solutions Dijana Matošević - 03/08/2021 | 6 min read Telematics Big Data Traffic analysis Urban mobility The true smart cities of the future will be the ones pioneering extracting the value from the data in enhancing living conditions and taking c
  7. How discriminative is your car insurance? Dijana Matošević - 17/08/2021 | 3 min read Insurtech Risk Prediction Telematic Big Data Telematics is what’s shifting the insurers’ discriminating models from socio-economic and non-driving factors towards precise claim risk factors. Currently, insurer's pro
  8. COVID-19’s paradoxical impact on road safety Dijana Matošević - 24/08/2021 | 5 min read Telematics Big Data Traffic analysis Urban mobility COVID-19 Despite 13% fewer miles driven in 2020, traffic fatalities in the U.S. went up by 8%! Contrary, road fatalities in the EU plummeted by 17%, reaching th
  9. AI may defeat EV Range Anxiety - Part 2 Dijana Matošević - 17/01/2023 | 3 min read Automotive Electric cars Range Anxiety None of the physical-based EV range predictions can consistently provide accurate results. An intelligent vehicle system that learns one's driving pattern and fuses real-time car
  10. The fastest bridge in Zagreb - Traffic jams surge as schools reopen Dijana Matošević - 12/10/2021 | 4 min read Telematics Big Data Traffic analysis Urban mobility How well do you know traffic patterns in your city? We present traffic patterns across 3 central bridges in Zagreb, explaining the traffi
  11. SpaceTime outperforms GeoMesa by 17 times, study finds Dijana Matošević - 20/10/2021 | 4 min read SpaceTime Telematic Big Data Mireo SpaceTime outperforms GeoMesa in all performed benchmarks by giving response times in a range of seconds, unlike GeoMesa that requires minutes, shows Ericsson’s study.
  12. GPS Navigation in all cars by 2024 Dijana Matošević - 08/09/2021 | 2 min read Automotive Connected Cars Intelligent Speed Assistance GPS navigation The built-in GPS is already a mandatory feature in new EU cars, and with ISA regulative approaching, it's reasonable to expect new cars to be equipped w
  13. Tesla Rolls Out Usage-Based Insurance. Why Should You Care? Dijana Matošević - 03/11/2021 | 4 min read Insurtech Risk prediction Telematic Big Data With Tesla offering real-time usage-based insurance, can we expect a major shift in the car insurance industry? The car insurance market has been heatin
  14. The future of car insurance – how the rules have completely changed Mislav Krišto - 04/02/2022 | 3 min read Insurtech Risk prediction Telematic Big Data The current cost structure of insurance companies is simply not sustainable anymore. The future of car insurance is in connected car data analytics
  15. Removing Connected Car Data Monetization Barriers Dijana Matošević - 06/06/2022 | 2 min read Insurtech Risk prediction Telematic Big Data The most valuable companies nowadays are already generating record-high revenues from big data, but connected car data monetization is not happening at the pace p
  16. Anti-speeding technology has just become mandatory in EU cars Dijana Matošević - 12/07/2022 | 3 min read Automotive Intelligent Speed Assistance Connected Cars The in-car EV range estimation is every now and then off by a stunning 20-30% across the board, not nearly accurate enough to make drivers f
  17. AI may defeat EV Range Anxiety - Part 1 Dijana Matošević - 12/01/2023 | 4 min read Automotive Electric cars Range Anxiety The in-car EV range estimation is every now and then off by a stunning 20-30% across the board, not nearly accurate enough to make drivers feel safe.
  18. How Tesla dramatically improved driving range prediction | AI may defeat EV Range Anxiety - Part 3 Dijana Matošević - 24/01/2023 | 4 min read Automotive Electric cars Range Anxiety To mitigate EV range anxiety, machine learning algorithms help to enhance prediction accuracy and yield far more consis
  19. Worldwide Mobile Data Costs Ranked: India is no longer a mobile data wonderland Dijana Matošević - 28/05/2021 | 3 min read Compact MapsGeneral With prices soaring, India is no longer a mobile data wonderland. The Jio's effect and the era of unsustainable low tariffs have ended. Israel is the new lea
  20. Could car ownership soon become a thing of the past? Mislav Krišto - 27/07/2021 | 3 min read SpaceTimeUrban mobility People today are not buying as many new cars as they used to, which is why the car OEMs decided to shift their focus from selling cars – to selling mobility. We examine what the futur
  21. Predicting Tesla's range better than Tesla | AI may defeat EV Range Anxiety - Part 4 Dijana Matošević - 14/02/2023 | 6 min read Automotive Electric cars Range Anxiety Mireo developed an accurate AI-based EV range prediction model which could be used on virtually any EV vehicle with the same or highe

2020 10

  1. Suspension Systems: Predicting and Improving Ride Comfort Across Diverse Terrains with SpaceTime Dorian Derežić - 29/11/2023 | 3 min read SpaceTime Predictive Maintenance Automotive SpaceTime proved to be a significant enhancement to OEMs' existing data gathering and analysis capabilities – gatherin
  2. Leveraging SpaceTime for Enhanced In-Car Emergency Response Systems Dorian Derežić - 20/12/2023 | 3 min read SpaceTime Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems Automotive Advanced capabilities of in-car emergency response systems are not just beneficial, but also life-saving.
  3. Accelerating the Journey from Concept to Market with SpaceTime Analytics Dorian Derežić - 06/12/2023 | 3 min read SpaceTime Research and Development Automotive The race to reduce time-to-market is intensifying – and in this race, the integration of advanced analytics into existing vehicle developmen
  4. Optimizing Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Performance Using SpaceTime Analytics Dorian Derežić - 13/12/2023 | 3 min read SpaceTime Electric Vehicles Automotive The automotive industry is witnessing a transformative shift towards EVs, and SpaceTime is becoming an analytics backbone for optimizing these
  5. Enhancing User Experience and Personalizing Car Companion Apps Dorian Derežić - 31/01/2024 | 3 min read SpaceTime Companion Applications Automotive Users seek personalized experiences that cater to their unique preferences and driving habits.
  6. Customizing Vehicle Performance for Global Markets with SpaceTime Data Dorian Derežić - 03/01/2024 | 3 min read SpaceTime Research and Development Automotive The ability to effectively tailor vehicle performance to various international markets is not just an advantage – it's a necessity.
  7. Enhancing Battery Charging Cycles for Extended EV Range Dorian Derežić - 10/01/2024 | 3 min read SpaceTime Electric Vehicles Automotive With its advanced data-driven capabilities, SpaceTime is a becoming an important asset in the optimization of EV battery charging cycles.
  8. Forecasting Component Lifespan: Predictive Analytics in Vehicle Maintenance Dorian Derežić - 17/01/2024 | 3 min read SpaceTime Predictive Maintenance Automotive The evolution from traditional to predictive maintenance marks a significant leap for automotive manufacturing.
  9. Maximizing Fleet Efficiency with SpaceTime's Real-Time Analytics Dorian Derežić - 24/01/2024 | 3 min read SpaceTime Fleet Management Automotive SpaceTime can be used to upgrade modern fleets and simplify the work of fleet managers.
  10. Integrating SpaceTime Data for Smarter and Safer ADAS Features Dorian Derežić - 27/12/2023 | 3 min read SpaceTime Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems Automotive SpaceTime is helping OEMs to transform ADAS – making the journey not just about reaching a destination, but doing so with unprecedented safe

2019 10

  1. Driving R&D Forward with Mireo SpaceTime: A Deep Dive into Vehicle Performance Optimization Dorian Derežić - 07/02/2024 | 15 min read SpaceTime Research and Development Automotive Performance optimization has emerged as a critical factor in automotive research and development.
  2. Shifting Gears in R&D: Leveraging Mireo SpaceTime for Vehicle Component Analysis Dorian Derežić - 14/02/2024 | 15 min read SpaceTime Research and Development Automotive The automotive industry is in a state of rapid transformation and demands placed on R&D departments have never been greater.
  3. Data-Driven Risk Assessment: Mireo SpaceTime's Role in Safer Roads Dorian Derežić - 21/02/2024 | 4 min read SpaceTime Insurance Automotive Traditional methods of risk assessment in auto insurance fall short of addressing the dynamic nature of driving behaviors and environmental factors.
  4. The Role of Big Data in Crafting the Next Generation of Electric Vehicles Dorian Derežić - 06/03/2024 | 4 min read SpaceTime Research and Development Automotive The automotive landscape is undergoing a seismic shift with EVs at its epicenter – propelled by the urgent need for sustainability and inno
  5. Maximizing Vehicle Uptime with SpaceTime: Predictive Maintenance Through Comprehensive Data Collection Dorian Derežić - 20/03/2024 | 15 min read SpaceTime Predictive Maintenance Automotive In a rapidly evolving automotive industry, proactive maintenance and efficient vehicle management have become m
  6. Decoding Historical Data: How Mireo SpaceTime is Shaping R&D in the Automotive Industry Dorian Derežić - 03/04/2024 | 12 min read SpaceTime Research and Development Automotive As car manufacturers navigate through rapidly evolving technological landscapes and increasing market competition, the strat
  7. Bridging the Data Gap: How Mireo SpaceTime Supports Scalability and Flexibility in R&D Dorian Derežić - 10/04/2024 | 12 min read SpaceTime Research and Development Automotive In an era defined by rapid technological evolution, the importance of robust and adaptable R&D operations has never been more
  8. Learning from the Roads: how SpaceTime Enhances ADAS with Real-World Data Dorian Derežić - 17/04/2024 | 8 min read SpaceTime Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Automotive As our vehicles become increasingly intelligent, the technologies that power them continue to evolve at a rapid pace. A prime exa
  9. From Data to Action: How Mireo SpaceTime Optimizes ADAS Performance with Real-Time Analysis Dorian Derežić - 27/03/2024 | 8 min read SpaceTime Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Automotive The mounting challenge in the automotive industry is analyzing and leveraging vast amounts of data to effective
  10. Predictive Modeling: Improving Vehicle Reliability with SpaceTime Dorian Derežić - 24/04/2024 | 12 min read SpaceTime Predictive Maintenance Automotive The evolving landscape of the automotive industry has opened up a plethora of opportunities to enhance vehicle performance and customer experience.