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Saturday, November 21, 2009 6:42 AM

Published 11/07/2009 by Geospatial Today Journal


Google uses own database for Google Maps in the US

- United States: Google Maps has switched from Tele Atlas map data to Google's own database for the US.

It's only a year ago that Google gave NAVTEQ the boot and signed a five-year global agreement with Tele Atlas instead. Tele Atlas confirmed that Google will continue to use Tele Atlas data for the rest of the world, but declined...

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