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Tele Atlas drives 3-D road map development

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InfoWorld: - Is a picture really worth more than a thousand words? A Dutch company believes so. Tele Atlas NV is amassing data for 3-D views of roads and their surroundings to be featured in a new generation of satellite navigation systems that could give voice-centric devices a run for their money. The company ...


World Business Briefing: The Netherlands: Map Maker Bought

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:08:16 GMT | New York Times

TomTom, Europe?s largest maker of car navigation systems, said it would buy a 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 21.25 euros ($29.33) a share for Tele Atlas, a 28 percent premium to the company?s closing price on Friday. The deal would combine Europe?s two smaller, high-growth rivals against the dominant players in the navigation device and mapping markets. TomTom, based in Amsterdam, relies on the data that Tele Atlas gathers to present the maps for its displays. Tele Atlas, based in Den Bosch, the Netherlands, has been increasing sales quickly but was unprofitable until recently, and relies on TomTom for about a third of its revenue.


Online atlas launches new edition with quiz

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:51:00 -0500 | CANOE

TORONTO - The Royal Canadian Geographical Society has launched the second edition of its Canadian Atlas Online with a quiz - and the chance to win a trip to Quebec City for the city's 400th anniversary festivities.


Grim reading: new atlas maps 24 years of British death

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:05:00 +0000 | University of Bristol

Researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Sheffield have created an ?atlas of death? which charts the geographical pattern of mortality in Great Britain. The full-colour atlas shows the wide variation in death rates from a variety of different causes, from heart attacks and cancer to suicide and murder, for over 1,000 neighbourhoods.


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