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Google Stops Using Tele Atlas in the U.S.
posted by lxnyce
on Thursday October 08, @08:13AM
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from the in-your-face dept.
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Like pretty much all blogs are reporting, here is the news from the geothought blog : "Well, the big news of the day is that Google has dumped Tele Atlas as the main data provider for Google Maps in the US, and is providing its own map data from a variety of sources (presumably also including its own Streetview teams). They've also added the ability to point out errors in the map, another addition to the crowdsourcing techniques they've been using. The announcement has caused a flurry of discussion of course. James raises questions about various aspects of the data (especially parcels). Steve speculates that the same thing will happen in Europe and that the beneficiary there will probably be AND. "
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