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BMW, Audi, and Mercedes Want to Buy Nokia's Here Mapping Group

posted by CoolHand on Thursday May 07 2015, @10:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the battle-of-the-corporate-giants dept.

sigma writes:

In a move that could backfire badly, car manufacturers are working together to buy control of Nokia maps with the intent of blocking Google's development of software for self-driving vehicles. The auto-makers consider open sourced autonomous vehicles to be an existential threat to their existing business, and are prepared to pay Nokia more than two billion dollars to stymie the disruptive technology.

“The greatest threat to the automobile industry would be if Google developed an operating system for self-driving cars and made it available free to everyone,” said one source speaking with the WSJ.

http://jalopnik.com/bmw-audi-and-mercedes-benz-want-to-buy-nokia-s-maps-t-1702660909

 
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  • (Score: 2) by captain normal on Friday May 08 2015, @01:32AM

    by captain normal (2205) on Friday May 08 2015, @01:32AM (#180139)

    Have you tried google maps and street view lately?

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  • (Score: 2) by frojack on Friday May 08 2015, @02:10AM

    by frojack (1554) on Friday May 08 2015, @02:10AM (#180150) Journal

    Not more than once or twice a day, just about every day. I'm always looking up something it seems.

    Don't like the new format on the computer, but it still works.

    Plus, the google maps app on android has a navigation feature with voice turn by turn directions,
    as well as integrated traffic. With a dash mount it is quite suitable for navigation.

    Only problem with Maps app on Android is large expanses of No cell Signal zone, in out of the way
    places like great expanses of the US South West (deserts especially) and Upstate New York, New Hampshire, and parts of Vermont.
    For those places the best bet is to remember to download the maps for off-line use [google.com].

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