The Forgotten Mapmaker: Nokia Has Better Maps Than Apple and Maybe Even Google - Alexis C. Madrigal - The Atlantic
5million miles versus 3.3billion miles....no contest!
Bigger fear ( according to John Gruber ) Apple acquiring NOKIA to gain access to these data points.
As I described last month, Google has spent literally tens of thousands of person-hours creating its maps. I argued that no other company could beat Google at this game, which turned out to be my most controversial assertion. People pointed out that while Google's driven 5 million miles in Street View cars, UPS, not to mention all the other logistics companies, drives 3.3 billion miles a year. Whoever had access to these other datasets might be in the mapping (cough) driver's seat.
5million miles versus 3.3billion miles....no contest!
Bigger fear ( according to John Gruber ) Apple acquiring NOKIA to gain access to these data points.