Nokia uses Navteq data to power the maps in its new phones equipped with GPS chips, including the N95 and 6110 Navigator.
Their maps detailed road conditions, power outages, underground gas storage, and facilities with hazardous materials.
AMSTERDAM, Jan 10, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- TomTom has signed a strategic deal with Samsung whereby TomTom maps and location content will power the Wave3 smartphone.
Picks up a satellite signal within seconds of power up and comes pre-loaded with maps of the continental US, Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico.
If you're still somehow doubting the power of proper Google integration, look at the Maps situation on iPhone.
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Using his own words as motivation, Larcada proceeded to display the power of data visualization in soccer via two different heat maps.
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Lacking a computerized system to track information about power outages, LIPA relied on an outmoded system of paper maps, photos and Post-it Notes to coordinate its service efforts with National Grid.
The young inventor envisages PaveGen systems being used to power off-grid appliances such as public lighting, illuminated street maps and advertising, and to be installed in areas of dense human traffic such as city centers, underground stations and school corridors.
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Better yet, the always-on, ultra low-power, black and white display becomes a canvas for notifications, sports scores, maps, lists and notes, all just a glance away.
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But Google Maps and the Flickr iPhone app each tell us an interesting story about where power lies in today's mobile world.
These maps, which primarily adorned the world's churches and other places of power and learning, succeeded in returning mapping to the dark ages, getting much wrong and gleefully so.
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