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Google and TeleAtlas in 5-Year Tie Up - Share Map Improvements

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2008-07-01 11:24:14 by Scott Martin in GPS Lodge
TeleAtlas announced that they are in a 5-year agreement with Google to use the TeleAtlas data and maybe more importantly get the Google Map user base to send back map improvements. The MapShare movement on TomTom's side (TeleAtlas' new owner) was a brilliant move to get community involvement in fixing map errors. While the numbers of fixes...
 
Tags: google, maps, maps fresh, tele atlas maps, google earth services, google access, access, google earth, google maps
 
 
 
 
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Google and TeleAtlas in 5-Year Tie Up - Share Map Improvements

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2008-07-01 11:24:14 by Scott Martin in GPS Lodge
TeleAtlas announced that they are in a 5-year agreement with Google to use the TeleAtlas data and maybe more importantly get the Google Map user base to send back map improvements. The MapShare movement on TomTom's side (TeleAtlas' new owner) was a brilliant move to get community involvement in fixing map errors. While the numbers of fixes...
 
Tags: google, maps, maps fresh, tele atlas maps, google earth services, google access, access, google earth, google maps
 
 
 
 
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TeleAtlas to Incorporate TomTom's Speed Profile Data

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2008-09-26 12:19:38 by Scott Martin in GPS Lodge
TeleAtlas announced an upgrade to its product line; the inclusion of TomTom's speed profile database into the core mapping dataset. Recall that if you use a TomTom, they ask if they can collect anonymous data from your device, including the actual speeds you drive on roads. That's how TomTom can roll out technology like IQ Routes for more...
 
Tags: tomtom, data, navigation system users, navigation, customers, tomtom customers, navigation user experience, teleatlas, routes based
 
 
 
 
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Mapping out the details - TeleAtlas Details the Mapping Process

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2008-04-28 22:18:11 by Scott Martin in GPS Lodge
...TeleAtlas folks create maps and get them from their Road Vans to you on your GPS units. They also mentioned that TeleAtlas is working on 3-D maps: "Atlas is also moving ahead on its 3-D strategy, showing off maps of New York City, Los Angeles, and Toronto at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. Imagery collected by its fleet of camera...
 
Tags: teleatlas, 3-d maps, teleatlas folks, grand theft auto, theft, boston globe, maps, map company, 3-d strategy
 
 
 
 
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TomTom gets nod to buy out TeleAtlas

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2008-05-16 22:11:05 by Ben Robinson in IntoMobile
...TeleAtlas. TeleAtlas provides digital maps and content forms the core of many Nav and LBS (location-based services) offering - Google Maps for example! TomTom on the other hand has sold nearly 20 mn ddevices, mostly the Sat Nav units Since last year, TomTom has been utilising both user-generated content and TeleAtlas mapping to inform it's...
 
Tags: traditional gps vendors, traditional gps, tomtom, gps, gps module, current tomtom unit, free tomtom gps, free, teleatlas
 
 
 
 
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EU Issues Objections in TomTom/TeleAtlas Deal

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2008-03-02 02:34:59 by Scott Martin in GPS Lodge
...TeleAtlas ; TomTom has been notified according to news reports that the EU has some formal objections to the TomTom plan to purchase TeleAtlas. The objections don't mean that the deal is off, it just means that TomTom needs to come up with better remedies to the issues at hand. Who knows what those objections are, but the process sounds like...
 
Tags: tomtom, objections, teleatlas, formal objections, tomtom plan, purchase teleatlas, issues, process sounds, deal
 
 
 
 
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EU Issues Objections in TomTom/TeleAtlas Deal

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2008-03-02 02:34:59 by Scott Martin in GPS Lodge
...TeleAtlas ; TomTom has been notified according to news reports that the EU has some formal objections to the TomTom plan to purchase TeleAtlas. The objections don't mean that the deal is off, it just means that TomTom needs to come up with better remedies to the issues at hand. Who knows what those objections are, but the process sounds like...
 
Tags: tomtom, objections, teleatlas, formal objections, tomtom plan, purchase teleatlas, issues, process sounds, deal
 
 
 
 
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TomTom - TeleAtlas Deal Looks More Certain

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2008-03-21 11:04:13 by Scott Martin in GPS Lodge
...TeleAtlas/TomTom deal, that it is set to go through. Clearly TomTom will need to make some concessions to reduce the concern about the deal negatively affecting the market. With Nokia in a deal to buy NAVTEQ, it appears that the market is going to need assurances about access to data from the two new owners of the world's mapping data. Either...
 
Tags: deal, teleatlastomtom deal, deal negatively, tomtom, crowdsources map fixes, market, competitive disadvantage, map quality, regulator concerns
 
 
 
 
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TomTom/TeleAtlas Deal gets Euro OK

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2008-05-14 09:32:00 by Scott Martin in GPS Lodge
...TeleAtlas deal which paves the way for the merger to move forward; the US gave its OK last year. "The Commission concluded that the transaction would not significantly impede effective competition," an European Union executive said in a statement. TomTom and Tele Atlas issued a joint release on the subject saying: "The ruling of the EC is the...
 
Tags: tomtom, european union executive, european union, tomtom teleatlas deal, tele atlas, joint release, move forward, combination, strategy
 
 
 
 
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TeleAtlas Maps India

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2008-09-09 22:39:00 by Scott Martin in GPS Lodge