Both moves upended the consumer navigation industry, which had long relied on the sale of standalone devices and charging for access to mapping data.

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It then combines this real-time information with ephemeris data, mapping, cellular base station and Wi-Fi access point database information, and other cloud-based aiding information using the SiRFusion platform.

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Give Web designers in Chicago and Oakland access to public police data, and they create innovative crime-mapping tools that prevent muggings.

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