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Submission + - Forgotten map maker? (theatlantic.com)

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LucidBeast

on Saturday October 06, 2012 @05:22PM

LucidBeast writes: "Mapping the world isn't easy as our friends in Cupertino have found out. To masses Google maps seem ubiquitous, but there is a less known real heavy weight still mapping the world. Nokias 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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