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Google Ditches Mapmakers, Hires ... You?

Google ditches industry giant for user content, and others follow

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 17, 2009 9:56 AM CST

(Newser) – Online maps that depend on user-generated content are growing at quite a clip, even threatening the more traditional purveyors of digital cartography. The famously canny Google marked the transition last month by dropping map company Tele Atlas from its US maps, opting to rely on...   Read full story »

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