The Seeing Is Believing West Africa project is mapping local areas to provide more in depth information to farmers via their phones.

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Other new features will include more detailed 3-D mapping of urban areas.

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WifiSLAM, which was founded by former Google software guru Joseph Huang, has been working with developers to build up technical capabilities for (among other areas) indoor mapping and retail.

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