AZ's long road to Mars (Arizona Daily Star) Andrew Ellicott Douglass had a dream, a Harvard background and some of the greatest skies in the world....more...Navteq Charts Growth of Digital Maps (The San Francisco Examiner) CHICAGO ( Map , News ) - Getting lost is getting rarer nowadays, and any yahoo with a keyboard or a GPS device can find precise directions or pinpoint the location of an out-of-town landmark. Now drivers hooked on digital maps are looking for more than just streets and turns....more... Navteq charts fast growth of maps via Web, cars, devices, phones (Seattle Times) Getting lost is getting rarer nowadays, and any yahoo with a keyboard or a GPS device can find precise directions or pinpoint the location......more... Navteq charts fast growth of maps via Web, cars, devices, phones (The Journal News) For digital mapmakers like Navteq Corp., it's up to road teams like Ann McNeil and Rich Joyce to deliver. Like luxury-class explorers, the geographic analysts cruise streets and roads in a tech-laden SUV outfitted with a satellite tracking computer, electronic clipboard and rooftop cameras....more... TomTom Charts Course to Buy Mapmaker Tele Atlas (E-Commerce Times) TomTom, Europe's largest maker of car navigation systems, said Monday it would buy digital mapping company Tele Atlas for about $2.8 billion to form a bulwark against larger competitors and help it map the best possible routes as users need them. TomTom said it would pay $29.33 per share for Tele Atlas, a 28 percent premium to the Den Bosch, Netherlands-based company's closing price on Friday....more... TomTom bids about $2.8B for Tele Atlas (AP via Yahoo! News) TomTom NV, Europe's largest maker of car navigation systems, said Monday it would buy digital mapping company Tele Atlas NV for about $2.8 billion to form a bulwark against larger competitors and help it map the best possible routes as users need them....more... (AFX UK Focus) 2007-07-28 00:44 GMT: Navteq charts digital map expansion (Interactive Investor) CHICAGO (AP) - 0727t--techBuzzGPS...more... Navigation system maker TomTom bids about $2.8B for digital map-maker Tele Atlas (San Jose Mercury News) AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - TomTom NV, Europe's largest maker of car navigation systems, said Monday it would buy digital mapping company Tele Atlas NV for about $2....more... Navteq Charts Digital Map Expansion (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News) Getting lost is getting rarer nowadays, and any yahoo with a keyboard or a GPS device can find precise directions or pinpoint the location of an out-of-town landmark. Now drivers hooked on digital maps are looking for more than just streets and turns. They want ever more accurate and up-to-date points of interest such as restaurants, gas stations, hotels and theme parks. For ......more... |