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Nokia Keeps Quietly Mapping The World

Posted by timothy on from the under-the-lidar dept.

LucidBeast writes "Mapping the world isn't easy as our friends in Cupertino have found out. Google's maps seem ubiquitous, but there is a less known real heavyweight still mapping the world. Nokia acquired Navteq in 2007, and five years later they are still reading fleet data and scanning cities with LIDAR and 360 degree cameras."

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  1. Re:AAPL could buy NOK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Latitude is a completely optional opt-in feature similar to Foursquare. Don't try to paint it as some sinister tracking system.