Virtual Horizon

Virtual Horizon is TomTom's electronic horizon solution, transforming our map intelligence into a real-time view of the road ahead. It predicts the vehicle’s most likely path and delivers map data directly to ADAS, supporting smarter speed control and lane guidance. With TomTom Virtual Horizon, both drivers and vehicles see beyond the reach of onboard sensors, making every drive safer, smoother and more efficient.

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Features and benefits

Any vehicle, any platform. One solution.

Virtual Horizon works with or without embedded navigation — across all vehicle types, from passenger cars to trucks and vans. Deploy it natively within TomTom navigation or as a standalone, turn-key application — ready to accelerate your ADAS from day one.

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Pre-Integrated ADAS, out of the box

Jump-start ADAS with TomTom’s end-to-end intelligence stack. Virtual Horizon comes pre-integrated with our ADAS Map, Live feeds, ODD management and NDS.Live delivery — giving you everything you need to support ISA, meet Euro NCAP requirements and scale automated driving faster.

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Safety compliance, proven at scale

Power your ADAS with the right map intelligence — from ISA and Euro NCAP alerts to Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Keeping, energy management and more — all through a single data pipeline. Our speed limits are fully validated for ISA compliance through official homologations. Proven at scale, our ADAS Map already supports millions of driver-assistance functions across brands and regions — so you launch faster with lower risk.

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Online or offline — always available

Run our software online via NDS, with a configurable onboard cache — or go fully offline when needed. It supports flexible, platform-specific OTA updates that deliver only the map layers your application needs — cutting bandwidth usage and reducing costs.

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Made for flexibility

Predict every route with precision — from highways to urban networks. Virtual Horizon supports industry standards like ADASIS v2 and v2 mini and lets you configure the horizon for a long-range lookahead (200+ km) for key attributes such as gradient, curvature and emission zones — helping BEVs and PHEVs optimize energy use and battery management.

Application areas

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Smarter speed compliance with ISA

Help drivers and vehicles stay within legal speed limits by providing precise speed limit information

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Active safety support for Euro NCAP

Enable strong performance in Euro NCAP safety tests by powering ADAS with predictive map data

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Predictive awareness for ADAS use cases

Enhance driver comfort and safety by programming systems to act in advance rather than react

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Optimized range and battery management

Maximize EV efficiency and range by anticipating road and regulatory constraints far ahead

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