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On Fri, Jan 01, 2010 at 12:30:40PM +0000, Gordon Henderson wrote: > On Fri, 1 Jan 2010, Julian Hall wrote: > > >'Smartphones with GPS and talking map applications are > >increasingly competing with sat-nav devices, experts say.' > > > >Using Windows *and* Linux with Garmin planning an Android based > >phone this year... > > > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8424733.stm > > Quite right too, and the sooner Garmin, TomTom, etc. get their > software into smart phones at a competitive price to that sold by > the phone manufacturers (i.e. Nokia Maps in my case) the better. > Sorry just back from holiday: for what its worth There appear to be two main mapping companies: - TeleAtlas NV. Bought by Tom Tom for ~$8bn - Navteq bought by Nokia for Eur 2.8bn Garmin have a license for Navteq Google use TeleAtlas Other providers include: ordnance survey, open street map, and a lot of others that seem to be business related (see google for digital mapping services) -- Henry Photocopies or faxes of my signature are not binding. This email has been signed with an electronic signature in accordance with subsection 7(3) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000. Digital Key Signature: GPG RSA 0xFB447AA1 Mon Jan 4 16:28:58 GMT 2010
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